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Liberal egalitarianism and the harm principle
Lombardi, Michele; Veneziani, Roberto - 2009
This paper analyses Rawls's celebrated difference principle, and its lexicographic extension, in societies with a finite and an infinite number of agents. A unified framework of analysis is set up, which allows one to characterise Rawlsian egalitarian principles by means of a weaker version of a...
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Recht, Eigentum und Effizienz: Zu F. A. v. Hayeks Verfassung der Freiheit
Schmidtchen, Dieter - 2004
Dieser Beitrag prüft (1) Hayeks Behauptung, daß abstrakte Verhaltensregeln und Eigentum die einzige Lösung für das …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296915
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Klimapolitik zwischen Markt, Deliberation und Hegemonie: Der Emissionshandel und das Politische
Frick, Marc; Huwe, Vera - 2020
Das Instrument des Emissionshandelssystems (EHS) wird von Umweltökonom:innen an prominenter Stelle zur Bewältigung der ökologischen Krisen sowohl im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs als auch in der Politikberatung empfohlen. Wir arbeiten drei implizite normative Prämissen des Lehrbuchmodells eines...
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Globalisierung und demokratische Regression
Zürn, Michael - In: Liberalismus neu denken: Freiheitliche Antworten auf …, (pp. 45-50). 2022
Michael Zürn beleuchtet das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Globalisierung und liberaler Demokratie. Die Erwartung, dass … die ökonomische Globalisierung den Siegeszug der Demokratie befördert, hat sich als Illusion entpuppt. Vielmehr hat sie zu …
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Populism in the liberal democracies of East Asia: South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
Mosler, Hannes B. (contributor) - 2023
In recent decades, the surge of populist movements and leaders has captivated the attention of scholars, policymakers, and the general public around the world. The rise of populism and populists has prompted a profound reevaluation of the dynamics within democratic societies and the complex...
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Individual Determinants of Social Fairness Assessments: The Case of Germany
Hennighausen, Tanja; Heinemann, Friedrich; Bischoff, Ivo - 2008
In this contribution we study the determinants of how individuals assess the social fairness of a given income distribution. We propose an analytical framework distinguishing between potential impact factors related to the following fields: first fairness preferences, second beliefs on the...
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Die ökonomische Bedrohung politischer Selbstbestimmung: zum Verhältnis von Demokratie und Wohlfahrtsstaat
Nonhoff, Martin - 2007
diesem Hintergrund analysiert das vorliegende Arbeitspapier das Verhältnis von Wohlfahrtsstaat und Demokratie und fragt … insbesondere danach, unter welchen Umständen wohlfahrtsstaatliche Politik eine Gefährdung der Demokratie darstellt. Hiervon kann …, leistender Bürger und immer weniger demokratisch verantwortlicher Citoyen begriffen. Von einer Bedrohung der Demokratie muss man …
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Two views on institutions and development: the grand transition vs the primacy of institutions
Paldam, Martin; Gundlach, Erich - 2007
The Grand Transition (GT) view claims that economic development is causal to institutional development, and that many institutional changes can be understood as transitions occurring at roughly the same level (zones) of development. The Primacy of Institutions (PoI) view claims that economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265602
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Two views on institutions and development: The grand transition vs. the primacy of institutions
Paldam, Martin; Gundlach, Erich - 2007
The Grand Transition (GT) view claims that economic development is causal to institutional development, and that many institutional changes can be understood as transitions occurring at roughly the same level (zones) of development. The Primacy of Institutions (PoI) view claims that economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273104
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Factor returns, institutions, and geography: a view from trade
Baier, Scott L.; Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr.; Tamura, Robert - 2004
The authors show that estimated productivities of labor and capital, which rationalize trade flows across countries, are related to total factor productivities, which rationalize output differences across countries. They present evidence that these productivities from trade are related to the...
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