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Political conditions and life expectancy in Europe, 1900–2008
Mackenbach, Johan P. - In: Social Science & Medicine 82 (2013) C, pp. 134-146
The rise of life expectancy in Europe has been a very uneven process, both in time and space. This paper aims to identify instances in which major political conditions are likely to have influenced the rise of life expectancy, focusing on formation and dissolution of states and supranational...
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The Evolution Of Romanian Advertising Agencies Seen By Professional
Moraru, Madalina - In: Manager Journal 18 (2013) 1, pp. 59-74
This paper aims to present the opinions of Romanian advertisers on the local industry from two viewpoints: the evolution of advertising after 1990 with regards to brand development, and the attempt of advertising agencies to balance change and stability during the economic crisis. Regarding the...
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The Modern World: The effect of democracy, colonialism and war on economic growth 1820-2000
Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2005
The paper uses the recently available data on growth rates, democracy, protectionism, and wars over the period 1820 to … the effect of democracy on growth, was colonialism economically bad for colonies, does protectionism affect growth … negatively, what is the effect of wars? We find that own democracy has a significant positive impact on growth which increases as …
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The Post-Communism: Toward a Global Assessment [Postcomunismul: spre o evaluare globala]
IFTIMOAEI, Ciprian - In: Anuarul Universitatii „Petre Andrei” din Iasi / … (2013) 12, pp. 263-282
the benchmark on the "great transformation" in the revolutionary year 1989. Starting from an attempt to define "post-communism … transition from communism to capitalism that balances the initial expectations and actual results. From expectations to actual …
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Governance, Demokratie und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in den ehemals sozialistischen Staaten
Apolte, Thomas; Peters, Heiko - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische … - 2009
unterschiedlichem Tempo und sequencing den Weg zu Demokratie und einer marktwirtschaftlichen Wirtschaftsordnung. Die polit … die Frage, ob die Einführung von Demokratie angesichts umfassender ökonomischer Reformen nicht besser verzögert werden … sollte. Nach einer theoretischen Betrachtung von Governance, Demokratie und Reformen folgt in diesem Beitrag ein Überblick …
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Downs' ökonomische Theorie der Demokratie 2.0: Politische Präferenzen und Gleichheitsaversion
Sell, Friedrich L.; Stratmann, Felix - Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und … - 2011
Nach einem kurzen Rückblick auf das Downs-Modell diskutieren wir anhand empirischer Daten aus Deutschland dessen heutige Relevanz unter Berücksichtigung der aus der Fairness-Literatur bekannten Ungleichheitsaversion (UA). Dabei wird der Begriff der sozialen Präferenzen um das neue Konzept der...
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An empirical study of the limits and perspectives of institutional transfers
Möller, Marie - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische … - 2012
The aim of this paper is to determine which country-specific characteristics promote and which impede the adoption of institutions. On the basis of a broad panel of 183 countries for the period between 1996 and 2010, we test whether there are tendencies towards a general improvement and towards...
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Communists and the Fight for Jobs and Revolution
Green, Rodney; Isaacson, Michael - In: The Review of Black Political Economy 39 (2012) 1, pp. 155-173
Winning in the battle for jobs is two-fold: making gains in jobs and relief, and making gains in the development of anti-racist revolutionary class consciousness. Marxists and institutionalists have shown theoretically that unemployment is endemic to capitalism. The global experience of the 20th...
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Stories of upward social mobility and migration in one Romanian commune. On the emergence of “rurban” spaces in migrant-sending communities
ALEXANDRU, Monica - In: Eastern Journal of European Studies 3(2) (2012) December, pp. 141-160
The purpose of this paper is to explore how international migration changed rural communities and social mobility trajectories. I show how the intense structural changes following the socio-economic transition in Romania supported the emergence and growth of labour migration. I look at migration...
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European conscience and totalitarianism: contested memory in the European Union
HOGEA, Alina - In: Revista Romana de Jurnalism si Comunicare - Romanian … (2012) 3-4, pp. 59-71
conflict between remembrances of Stalinism/ Communism and Nazism/ Fascism at the European level. The enlargement of the …
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