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The Choice of Constitutional Amendments in a Young Democracy – From Indirect to Direct Election of the President in Taiwan
Liao, Da-chi; Chang, Hui-chih - In: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs - China aktuell 39 (2010) 1, pp. 111-131
This paper attempts to determine the kind of constitutional rule preferred in a young democracy when an institutional opportunity for constitutional change occurs. It adopts the standpoint of collective decision-making. This approach involves two crucial theoretical elements: the calculation 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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Piling On: Overlapping Jurisdictions & the Fiscal Common-Pool
Berry, Christopher R. - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago - 2007
This paper discusses the common-pool problems that arise when multiple territorially overlapping governments share the authority to provide services and levy taxes in a common geographic area. Contrary to the traditional Tiebout model in which increasing the number of competing governments...
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The Evolution of a Taking Doctrine.
Tideman, N. - Department of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute … - 1988
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Sovereign Risk Exposure with Potential Liquidation: the Performance of Alternative Forms of External Finance
Spiegel, M.M. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1992
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A Model of Endogenous Fiscal Deficits and Delayed Fiscal Reforms
Velasco, A. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1993
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A Model of Fiscal Deficits and Delayed Fiscal Reforms
Velasco, A. - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1992
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Institutional Arrangements for Coordination Among Governments in Germany
Spahn, Paul Bernd - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
The theory of fiscal federalism makes a strong case for decentralizing government functions in order to enhance the … regional dimension of democracy. However, decentralized government raises severe coordination problems. Coordination of public … agencies within government—among the Executive, the Legislative, the Judicature, and the Administration—is difficult enough …
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Is the US too big to fail?
Reinhart, Carmen; Reinhart, Vincent - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Why are investors rushing to purchase US government securities when the US is the epicentre of the financial crisis … invested in US government securities. America’s exorbitant privilege comes with a cost and a responsibility that US policy …
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THE IMPACT OF HIV/ AIDS ON POVERTY AND EDUCATION IN AFRICA
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This article deals with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on poverty and education in Africa. It considers the scale and scope of the pandemic and its anticipated impact on education systems in heavily infected sub-Saharan African countries. It looks for lessons derived from twenty years of...
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