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¿Por qué el distanciamiento ideológico disminuye la provisión de bienes públicos? ; una explicación basada en el empleo clientelar

Gatica Arreola, Leonardo A. - In: Estudios de economía 39 (2012) 1, pp. 27-51

This paper presents a model of political competition to explore the effect that the ideological distance between two political parties has over the provision of public goods. The main result argues that the ideological distance between parties and citizens has a negative relationship with the...

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The determinants of economic corruption : a probabilistic approach

Mohamed Abdel Rahman Salih - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 3, pp. 155-169

The determinants of corruption have been debated by economists and non-economists for the past few decades. However, no … consensus has been reached about the exact determinants of corruption and as well the direction of the effect of some the known … key variables used in corruption studies. Most previous studies exploit some sort of index as a measure of corruption. The …

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Study on the collusive corruption in supervision of bank credit

Nan, Xu-guang; Kao, Meng-chun - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 1, pp. 93-103

induces serious internal collusive corruption. This article analyzes the collusive corruption between credit supervisors and … ; collusive corruption ; supervision ; principal-agent …

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Corruption and firm performance : evidence from Greek firms

Athanasouli, Daphne; Goujard, Antoine; Sklias, Pantelis - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 5 (2012) 2, pp. 43-67

This article investigates the relationship between corruption and firm performance in Greece using firm level data …. Corruption is overall negatively associated with firm size and growth at the firm level. We focus on the effect of … ‘administrative corruption’, whereby firms engage in corrupt practices and bribery of government officials. We contrast the firm …

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The role of trust in the resource allocation process of an old university

Manochin, Melina M. - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 1 (2008) 2, pp. 38-52

The issue of effective management accounting systems, and especially the resource allocation procedures, have attracted considerable interest among higher education institutions in recent years. Relevant previous research indicates that several universities adopt different approaches to the...

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Gesamtwirtschaftliche Steuer- und Abgabenbelastung nicht übermäßig hoch

Bach, Stefan - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 27, pp. 3-9

Die gesamtwirtschaftliche Steuerquote bezogen auf das Bruttoinlandsprodukt dürfte im Jahr 2013 bei 23,6 Prozent liegen; einschließlich der Sozialversicherungsbeiträge wird die gesamte Abgabenquote auf 39,3 Prozent geschätzt. Das ist höher als in den letzten zehn Jahren, liegt aber unter den...

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Alternative Wohlstandsmessung : neun Indikatoren können das Bruttoinlandsprodukt ergänzen und relativieren

Giesselmann, Marco; Hilmer, Richard; Siegel, Nico A.; … - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 9, pp. 3-12

Zahlreiche Menschen, Politiker und Wissenschaftler in Deutschland glauben, dass das "Bruttoinlandsprodukt", kurz BIP, als Maßzahl für gesellschaftlichen Wohlstand überholt sei. Deshalb hat der Deutsche Bundestag Ende 2010 eine Studien-Kommission ("Enquete- Kommission") eingerichtet, die den...

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Volksvertreter sind risikofreudiger als das Volk

Heß, Moritz; Scheve, Christian von; Schupp, Jürgen; … - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 10, pp. 17-21

In der Politik sind wie im Geschäftsleben oft riskante beziehungsweise gefährliche Entscheidungen zu treffen, bei denen die Ergebnisse nur schwer oder gar nicht prognostizierbar sind. Da Menschen in ihren Einstellungen gegenüber Risiken und Gefahren variieren, ist es vernünftig, dass in...

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The impact of minimum age of employment regulation on child labor and schooling

Edmonds, Eric V.; Shrestha, Maheshwor - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-28

Promoting minimum age of employment regulation has been a centerpiece in child labor policy for the last 15 years. If enforced, minimum age regulation would change the age profile of paid child employment. Using micro-data from 59 mostly low-income countries, we observe that age can explain less...

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Anti-crime programs : an evaluation of the comuna segura program

Benavente, José Miguel; Contreras, Dante; Montero, Rodrigo - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 2, pp. 369-392

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact that the anti-crime program Comuna Segura: Compromiso 100 had on the reporting rate of different types of crimes. This program, implemented in Chile starting in 2001, was very highly criticized and, therefore, was eliminated in 2006. This paper...

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