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Intercultural Experience as an Impediment of Trust: Examining the Impact of Intercultural Experience and Social Trust Culture on Institutional Trust in Government
Kong, Dejun - In: Social Indicators Research 113 (2013) 3, pp. 847-858
Government is an important institution in every society, but public trust in government has been declining worldwide …. Like social trust, institutional trust in government manifests in two forms—goodwill-based (based on intentions and … competence-based, institutional trust in government. Intercultural experience was negatively related to goodwill …
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The bigger the better? Evidence of the effect of government size on life satisfaction around the world
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina - In: Public Choice 130 (2007) 3, pp. 267-292
This paper empirically analyzes whether government size is conducive or detrimental to life satisfaction in a cross … satisfaction decreases with higher government consumption. For low, middle income, and male people, this result is stronger when … the government is leftwing, while government consumption appears to be less harmful for women when the government is …
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A Note on the Impact of Economic Regulation on Life Satisfaction
Knoll, Bodo; Pitlik, Hans; Rode, Martin - Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) - 2012
Are people happier if they experience freedom from regulation, and how do individual attitudes towards liberalisation influence personal life satisfaction? Based on data from European and World Values Surveys and the Economic Freedom of the World project we find evidence for positive effects of...
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The Evolving Dynamics of Global Economic Power in the Post-crisis World: Revelations from a New Index of Government Economic Power
Basu, Kaushik; De, Supriyo; Ghosh, Rangeet; Shweta . - eSocialSciences - 2011
basic idea is to encapsulate the economic representative power of a nation’s government in the international arena in as … sources is used. The index is composed of four variables: government revenues, foreign currency reserves, export of goods and …:[http://finmin.nic.in/WorkingPaper/Index%20of%20Government%20Economic%20Power.pdf]. …
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State involvement in limiting textbook choice by school districts
Phillips, Michelle - In: Public Choice 160 (2014) 1, pp. 181-203
Who gets to decide what textbooks are used in America’s public school classrooms varies by state. States can let each school district decide, provide standards that must be followed and make available an incomplete listing of books meeting those standards, or allow schools to choose books only...
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BUREAUCRACY AND CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING
IONESCU, Luminiţa; CALOIAN, Florentin - In: Annals of Spiru Haret University, Economic Series 5 (2014) 1, pp. 17-23
Bureaucracy and corruption represent major causes of fiscal crises, and structural unemployment all over the world. According to WEF 2014 Global Risk Report, the bureaucracy has a high level in European countries and appreciation is growing that high historical rates of economic progress,...
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No Way Out: Persistent Government Interventions in the Great Contraction
Reinhart, Vincent R. - American Enterprise Institute
In No Way Out: Persistent Government Interventions in the Great Contraction, editor Vincent R. Reinhart brings together …
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Economic Puppetmasters
Lindsey, Lawrence B. - American Enterprise Institute
An insider’s perspective on the bureaucratic structure of governmental institutions that shape economic policy, and the incentives and limitations of the individuals who head them.
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Re-Reading the New Institutional Economics in Market-State Dilemma
Akansel, İlkben - Ekonomik Yaklasim Association - 2013
government, law, markets and family, by combining different disciplines such as legal science, economics, political sciences …
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The politics of precaution: Genetically modified crops in developing countries
Paarlberg, Robert L. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
In this original study Robert Paarlberg examines local policy responses to GM crop technologies in four important developing countries: Brazil, India, Kenya, and China.
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