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Economic voting and economic revolutionizing? The economics of incumbency changes in European democracies and revolutionary events in the Arab World
Möller, Marie - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische … - 2011
While people in democracies can vote their government out when they are discontent with its policies, those in dictatorships cannot do so. They can only attempt to expel the dictator via mass protests or revolutions. Based on a general cause-and-effect mechanism, the author analyzes whether such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385887
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Flexicurity as a Policy Agenda
Auer, Peter; Gazier, Bernard - In: CESifo DICE Report 6 (2008) 4, pp. 3-8
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056407
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Looking Back on Anger: Explaining the Social Origins of Left-Wing and Nationalist-Separatist Terrorism in Western Europe, 1970-2007
Brockhoff, Sarah; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - CESifo - 2012
A unique dataset is used to separately analyze the social origins of left-wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism in … types of ideologically or ethnically motivated terrorism make it plausible that they respond differently to specific social … strength) or nationalist-separatist terrorism (e.g., ethnic polarization, non-violent protest). However, both types of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010544186
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Preference modification vs. incentive manipulation as tools of terrorist recruitment: The role of culture
Munger, Michael - In: Public Choice 128 (2006) 1, pp. 131-146
Terrorism is a tactic much more likely to be used when combatants have asymmetric numerical strength and weaponry. Only … correct strategy to fight terrorism. If terrorists are selected for having unusual (cooperative, from the perspective of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005709001
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Looking Back on Anger: Explaining the Social Origins of Left-Wing and Nationalist-Separatist Terrorism in Western Europe, 1970-2007
Brockhoff, Sarah; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - Department Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fachbereich für … - 2012
A unique dataset is used to separately analyze the social origins of left-wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism in … types of ideologically or ethnically motivated terrorism make it plausible that they respond differently to specific social … strength) or nationalist-separatist terrorism (e.g., ethnic polarization, non-violent protest). However, both types of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010780855
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The Natural Economic Advantage of Dictatorship over Democracy: A “Gresham's Law” of Governance
Azfar, Omar; Mcguire, Martin - In: International Tax and Public Finance 9 (2002) 4, pp. 451-463
We show that when democratic and autocratic governments peacefully compete for governance over the same jurisdiction the autocratic has a natural advantage. The autocratic government, which unambiguously reduces welfare for everyone except the autocrat, will drive the competing democratic...
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THE CAUSES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS. A BEHAVIORAL FOUNDATION.
Florin, Soim Horatiu - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2012) 1, pp. 421-426
in the economic models and theories that were founded on the rationality and maximization behavior of the economic actor …. People lack the rationality the mainstream economics assume. This is why both economists and simple people do not act as … human behavior. Herbert Simon introduced the concept of bounded rationality as opposed to perfect rationality postulated by …
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Glücksforschung: Eine empirische Analyse
Frey, Bruno; Steiner, Lasse - In: AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv 6 (2012) 1, pp. 9-25
In economics there is presently an almost revolutionary development. The direct measurement of subjective welfare challenges traditional economics, inspires it, and opens new avenues for scientific research. The approaches and possibilities of an economic analysis of happiness are shown and...
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Der 11. September und die Folgen in Asien: Politische Reaktionen in der VR China, Japan, Malaysia und Vietnam
Adelsberger, Karin; Derichs, Claudia; Heberer, Thomas; … - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität … - 2002
zeigen deutlich, dass Politik jenseits des geteilten Entsetzens über die Ausmaße des internationalen Terrorismus doch in … horror of the extent of international terrorism. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682550
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Decision Processes of a Suicide Bomber – Integrating Economics and Psychology
Pittel, Karen; Rübbelke, Dirk T.G. - CER-ETH Center of Economic Research, Department of … - 2009
This paper provides a theoretical analysis regarding the rationality of suicide attacks from an economist’s point of … – with respect to the aims of terrorism as well as the means to attain them – and reducing the information bias – with …
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