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U.S. Shadow Economies, Corruption, and Entrepreneurship : State-Level Spatial Relations
Wiseman, Travis - 2015
This paper offers a new theory of the corruption-shadow economy relationship: one that defines it as either collusive … – i.e., crony – or non-collusive. Using new estimates of state-level shadow economy size, and data on corruption … entrepreneurship scores from Wiseman and Young (2014). Findings suggest that corruption and shadow economy size are positively related …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034061
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Ideal point estimation in political hierarchies : a framework and an application to the US executive branch
Acs, Alex - In: The journal of law, economics, and organization 36 (2020) 1, pp. 207-230
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171128
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Guard labor : an essay in honor of Pranab Bardhan
Bowles, Samuel; Jayadev, Arjun - 2004
-disciplining effect of unemployment) and the contemporary theory of incomplete contracts (the role of monitoring and enforcement rents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527337
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Baumol's theory of entrepreneurial allocation : a systematic review and research agenda
Aeeni, Zeynab; Mahmoud, Motavaseli; Sakhdari, Kamal; … - In: European research on management and business economics 25 (2019) 1, pp. 30-37
Baumol's theory of entrepreneurial allocation has been widely utilized and cited by management and entrepreneurship … theory, and (4) outlined the research gaps and future research opportunities. Our review shows that beyond Baumol's focus on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956814
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Institutional quality and government efficiency
Chong, Alberto (contributor);  … - 2007
Poorer countries have a much smaller public sector and correspondingly a smaller tax burden than richer countries, yet, their economic performance has not been necessarily better. Using a simple model, this paper suggests that the growth and welfare effects of taxation are mediated through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003775837
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The allocation of entrepreneurial talent and destructive entrepreneurship
Sanders, Mark; Weitzel, Utz - 2010
Entrepreneurship is generally regarded as a force of change, innovation, and development in modern economies. Entrepreneurs bring new and better products to markets, restore allocative efficiency through arbitrage and reinvest their profits. However, it has been argued that the same energy and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661205
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Labor surplus revisited
Ranis, Gustav - 2012
paper puts to rest some objections to labor surplus theory based on "red herrings" and then addresses the substantive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009615061
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Korruptionsbekämpfung : Begründung und Ansatzpunkte
Homann, Karl - In: Korruption in Staat und Wirtschaft : [ ... Tagung …, (pp. 32-46). 1997
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The revolving door : state connections and inequality of influence in the US banking sector
Brezis, Elise S.; Cariolle, Joël - 2017
This paper addresses the effects of the revolving door phenomenon on the inequality of influence among firms. It shows that firms are not equal in their capacities to benefit from state connections. We first develop a theoretical model introducing the notion of "bureaucratic capital" and showing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729453
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When the purchasing officer looks the other way : on the waste effects of debauched local environment in public works execution
Guccio, Calogero; Lisi, Domenico; Rizzo, Ilde - In: Economics of governance 20 (2019) 3, pp. 205-236
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167972