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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 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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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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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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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 effect of socio-economic determinants on crime rates : an empirical research in the case of Greece with cointegration analysis

Nikolaos, Dritsakis; Alexandros, Gkanas - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 2 (2009) 2, pp. 51-64

The present paper analyzes the relationship between the criminal offences, the function of the justice system and some of their socio-economic determinants in the case of Greece by estimating their dynamic interactions. The analysis covers the period 1971-2006 and the cointegration methodologies...

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Costos de cumplimiento de regulación ambiental con información incompleta : aplicación a fuentes fijas del PCE de Santiago, Chile

Clerger, Gaspard; Chávez, Carlos; Villena, Mauricio; … - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 2, pp. 165-190

We study the cost-effectiveness of a transferable emissions permit system (TEPS) vis a vis a system of emissions standards. Our analysis includes along with abatement costs, the costs of enforcing the system to induce compliance. Further, the analysis considers complete and incomplete...

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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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Examining minority business enterprises as government contractors

Gibson, Shanan; McDowell, William; Harris, Michael; … - In: Journal of business & entrepreneurship : JBE 24 (2013) 1, pp. 87-103

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