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The Impact of Economic Freedom on State Legitimacy : An Empirical Investigation
Hindermann, Christoph Michael - 2018
Christoph Michael Hindermann uses a statistical approach to analyze the impact of economic freedom on state legitimacy …. Based on multiple regression models, the author not only extracts the determinants of legitimacy but also shows that rule of … law is the most important area of economic freedom for legitimacy. In addition, the results also indicate that democracies …
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The impact of economic freedom on state legitimacy : an empirical investigation
Hindermann, Christoph Michael - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880838
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Legitimation durch Informationsintermediäre mit Nachhaltigkeitsbezug : Eine institutionentheoretische Analyse und empirische Kapitalmarktuntersuchung
Berg, René - 2018
In dem vorliegenden Buch analysiert René Berg die informationsökonomische Bedeutung von Informationsintermediären bei der Kanalisierung legitimer nachhaltiger Unternehmensaktivitäten. Auf Basis einer institutionentheoretisch entwickelten Soll-Nachhaltigkeitskonzeption wird ein asymmetrischer...
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The Impact of Political Risk on Sovereign Bond Spreads - Evidence from Latin America
Moser, Christoph - 2007
Sovereign risk is defined as a country?s ability-to-pay and willingness-to-pay its debt. This paper examines how cabinet reshuffles affecting the ministry of finance or economics are perceived by sovereign bond holders in twelve Latin American countries from 1992 to 2005. We find that such...
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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274178
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Social mobility in Latin America: A review of existing evidence
Azevedo, Viviane; Bouillon, César P. - 2009
This paper reviews evidence on social mobility in Latin America. Several studies have used data sets that collect intergenerational socio economic information. The data, though limited, suggest that social mobility is low in the region, even when compared with low social mobility developed...
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Estimating Income Poverty and Inequality from the Gallup World Poll: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean
Gasparini, Leonardo; Gluzmann, Pablo - 2009
This paper takes advantage of a new source of information – the Gallup World Poll 2006 – to estimate and characterize income poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at the country level, and to compare LAC estimates to those in other regions of the world. The Gallup...
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Exchange rate uncertainty and investment in Latin America : an empirical investigation
Li, Carmen A.; Seabra, Fernando - 1994
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