In this article I discuss output legitimacy as a category of normative analysis of international organizations (IOs). I … first take issue with the widespread view that output legitimacy is just a synonym for organizational effectiveness or … efficiency, and unrelated to democracy. Against this view, I argue that output legitimacy has an important democratic dimension …

those in OECD countries. A possible explanation is that corruption, which is more widespread in poor countries, reduces the … this explanation: people who perceive corruption to be high in the country are also more likely to lean left ideologically … and to declare to support a more intrusive government in economic matters. Finally, we show that the corruption …

others do not. Our main findings provide evidence that SME owner’s generic and specific human capital matter. Those with … are associated with reduced growth expectations. In particular, perceptions of both corruption and of inadequate tax …

, business regulations, corruption, and to a lesser extent, infrastructure bottlenecks in explaining patterns of job creation at … firms. On the other hand, corruption and poor access to infrastructure reduce employment growth by affecting the growth of …

Im deutschen Sprachraum spricht man vom "Mittelstand" - international wird dagegen der KMU-Begriff verwandt. Aber … beschreiben beide Begriffe dasselbe Phänomen? Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Begrifflichkeiten von Mittelstand und KMU sowie die … seine Größe. Daraus folgt, dass KMU fast immer zum Mittelstand gehören, der Mittelstand aber nicht auf KMU beschränkt ist …