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Democratic participation and the size of regions : an empirical study using data on German counties
Seitz, Helmut (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003630738
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Education for democracy in West Germany : achievements, shortcomings, prospects
Stahl, Walter (ed.) - 1961
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001385182
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Germany after a Decade of Social Democrats in Government : The End of the Continental Model?
2011
In this paper, it is argued that Germany has undergone a series of large-scale institutional changes during eleven years of Social Democrats in government, weakening all of its core Continental principles and effectively triggering a process of regime hybridization. Elements of these reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183841
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The Political Sources of Systematic Investment Risk : Lessons from a Consensus Democracy
Bechtel, Michael M. - 2012
This study examines the relationships between democratic politics and systematic (or country-specific) financial risk. Low financial risk is crucial to any well-functioning economy, as it encourages capital investment, facilitates growth, and enhances overall economic performance. Up until now,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218171
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Worker representatives
Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - 2024
We study the descriptive and substantive representation of workers through worker representatives, focusing on the selection of German works council representatives and their impact on worker outcomes. Becoming a professional representative leads to substantial wage gains for the elected,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635344
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Worker representatives
Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - 2024
We study the descriptive and substantive representation of workers through worker representatives, focusing on the selection of German works council representatives and their impact on worker outcomes. Becoming a professional representative leads to substantial wage gains for the elected,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014582293
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Worker representatives
Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - 2024
We study the descriptive and substantive representation of workers through worker representatives, focusing on the selection of German works council representatives and their impact on worker outcomes. Becoming a professional representative leads to substantial wage gains for the elected,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014632397
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The Rise of Mission-Oriented State Investment Banks : The Cases of Germany's KfW and Brazil's BNDES
Mazzucato, Mariana - 2016
This paper focuses on the rise of state investment banks (SIBs) as lead funders of mission-oriented innovation in various countries' agendas regarding smart (innovation-led) growth, and not just fixers of ‘market failures'. The market failure justification for public finance fails to capture...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012997228
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The Delegation Perspective on Representative Democracy
Hain, Roland; Mitra, Manipushpak - 2002
Why do political constituencies delegate decision power to representative assemblies? And how is the size of such assemblies determined? We analyze these questions of constitutional design in a model with voters learning their preferred alternative only after engaging in costly information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263053
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Does democracy make taller men? : cross-country European evidence
Batinti, Alberto; Costa-Font, Joan - 2021 - This version: January 2022
We study whether a democracy improves a measure of individual wellbeing; human heights. Drawing on individual …-level datasets, we test the hypothesis using a battery of eight different measures of democracy and derived averages, and include … models accounting for several confounders, regional and cohort fixed effects. We document that democracy - or its quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698819