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The Wires Go to War : The U.S. Experiment with Government Ownership of the Telephone System During World War I
Janson, Michael A.; Yoo, Christopher S. - 2013
One of the most distinctive characteristics of the U.S. telephone system is that it has always been privately owned, in stark contrast to the pattern of government ownership followed by virtually every other nation. What is not widely known is how close the United States came to falling in line...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171073
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State capacity as an organizational problem : evidence from the growth of the U.S. State over 100 years
Mastrorocco, Nicola; Teso, Edoardo - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442343
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Hyperbolic discounting and politics : the beneficial effects of bureaucrats
Drometer, Marcus - 2006
. Finally, we derive a positive relationship between the optimal level of a bureaucracy's influence and the relevance of long …-term investments in a given policy area. -- political agency ; hyperbolic discounting ; bureaucracy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744916
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Incentives and influence activities in the public sector : the trade-off in performance budgeting and conditional grants
Bischoff, Ivo; Blaeschke, Frédéric - 2013 - This version: March 15, 2013
-seeking ; bureaucracy ; public-sector production ; conditional grants ; opportunistic government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723181
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Direkte Demokratie
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2010
The current debt crisis in many OECD countries calls for adequate strategies in budget consolidation. To regain fiscal solvency many governments base their fiscal adjustments at least partly on spending cuts. A common political claim is that spending cuts rely too much on investment thereby...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168358
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Political support in hard times : do people care about national welfare?
Friedrichsen, Jana; Zahn, Philipp - 2013
During the Great Recession mass demonstrations indicated weakened political support in Europe. We show that growing dissatisfaction often reflects poor economic conditions and unemployment is particularly important. Using individual level data for 16 Western European countries for 1976-2010, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230320
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Political support in hard times : Do people care about national welfare?
Friedrichsen, Jana; Zahn, Philipp - 2012
During the Great Recession mass demonstrations indicated weakened political support in Europe. We show that growing dissatisfaction reflects poor economic conditions; unemployment is particularly important. Using individual level data for 16 Western European countries for 1976-2010, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011489956
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Direkte Demokratie
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2010
The current debt crisis in many OECD countries calls for adequate strategies in budget consolidation. To regain fiscal solvency many governments base their fiscal adjustments at least partly on spending cuts. A common political claim is that spending cuts rely too much on investment thereby...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462039
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Direkte Demokratie
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2010
First, the institutions of direct democracy, referendum and initiative, are described. One of the main arguments … the interests of the citizens. Thus, the results of empirical studies investigating the effects of direct democracy are … Germany) against direct democracy as well as the possibilities resulting from the new electronic media …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466379
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Media, bureaucracies, and foreign aid : a comparative analysis of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Japan
Van Belle, Douglas A.; Rioux, Jean-Sébastien; Potter, … - 2004 - 1. ed
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001791211