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Corruption in higher education: causes, consequences, reforms - the case of Georgia
Orkodashvili, Mariam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Certain cases from any single country might provide examples for consideration of corruption issues for other countries … or regions. Corruption cases and the strategies of fighting them in Georgian flagship universities might be noteworthy … and useful for other countries facing similar problems. The paper discusses the features of corruption in higher education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777365
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Decentralising the public sector: The Impact of Decentralisation on Service Delivery, Corruption, Fiscal Management and Growth in Developing and Emerging Market Economies: A Synthe...
Shah, Anwar; Thompson, Theresa; Zou, Heng-fu - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 1, pp. 10-14
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037378
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Do Strict Electoral Campaign Finance Rules Limit Corruption?
Stratmann, Thomas - In: CESifo DICE Report 1 (2003) 1, pp. 24-27
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037413
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Migration, risk attitudes, and entrepreneurship: evidence from a representative immigrant survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014) 1, pp. 1-25
investigate the link between risk aversion and entrepreneurship in migrant communities. Using an original representative household … aversion and entrepreneurship. Our results show that the use of vignettes improves the significance of the results, as they … risk preferences and entrepreneurship reported in previous studies. Copyright Batista and Umblijs.; licensee Springer 2014 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010949797
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Risk attitudes and private business equity
Fossen, Frank M. - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Freie Universität … - 2012
Why do people engage in entrepreneurship and commit large parts of their personal wealth to their business, despite … and exit decisions. Nonpecuniary benefits of entrepreneurship, such as being independent in the workplace, also contribute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956186
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Migration, Risk Attitudes, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
-adjusted measure of risk preferences in the domain of work to investigate the link between risk aversion and entrepreneurship in … significant negative relationship between risk aversion and entrepreneurship. In addition, our results show that the use of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959623
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The Role of Risk Aversion in Predicting Individual Behaviour
Paiella, Monica; Guiso, Luigi - Econometric Society - 2004
We use household survey data to construct a direct measure of absolute risk aversion based on the maximum price a consumer is willing to pay to buy a risky asset. We relate this measure to a set of consumers' decisions that in theory should vary with attitude towards risk. We find that elicited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328916
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Risk Attitudes and Private Business Equity
Fossen, Frank M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
Why do people engage in entrepreneurship and commit large parts of their personal wealth to their business, despite … and exit decisions. Nonpecuniary benefits of entrepreneurship, such as being independent in the workplace, also contribute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010544328
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Migration, Risk Attitudes, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
entrepreneurship in migrant communities. Using a representative household survey of the migrant population in the Greater Dublin Area …, we find a significant negative relationship between risk aversion and entrepreneurship. In addition, our results show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839545
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Gender Differences in Entrepreneurial Choice and Risk Aversion: A Decomposition Based on a Microeconometric Model
Fossen, Frank M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
Why are female entrepreneurs so rare? Women have both to a lower entry rate into selfemployment and a higher exit rate in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which includes a standard risk aversion parameter. As inputs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461826