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Inequality, infrastructure, and institutions : empirical studies in public economics and political economy
Dorn, Florian - 2021
Florian Dorn erstellte diesen Beitrag während seines Promotionsstudiums an der Universität München (LMU). Die Studie wurde im September 2020 abgeschlossen und von der Fakultät für Volkswirtschaftslehre als Dissertation angenommen. Die Dissertation trägt zur Empirie der Ökonomie des...
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Trade Networks and Diffusion of Regulatory Standards
Rocha, Sergio; Thakur, Prakrati - 2021
We study network effects in the diffusion of regulatory standards through international trade. Our results show that countries are more likely to domestically adopt regulations that they comply with while exporting. We find evidence of such diffusion primarily in regulations concerning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239872
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Causality between terrorism and FDI in tourism : evidence from panel data
Radić, Maja Nikšić; Dragičević, Daniel; Sotošek, … - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 2/38, pp. 1-19
The aim of this research was to examine the causal link between terrorism and FDI in tourism on the example of a panel of 50 countries for the period from 2000 to 2016. Other control variables were included in order to ensure the validity of the results-number of international tourist arrivals...
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Global competitiveness and economic growth : a one-way or two-way relationship?
Kordalska, Aleksandra; Olczyk, Magdalena - 2015
The Global Competitiveness Index is treated as a standard to measure the competitiveness of countries. Leaders look at it to make policy and resource allocation decisions because global competitiveness is expected to be related to economic growth. However, studies which analyze the empirical...
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Anatomy of Corruption : An Approach to the Political Economy of Underdevelopment
Alam, M. Shahid - 2015
An examination and critique of the functionalist literature on corruption in the political administration of less …, economic and administrative effects in most LDCs contrast with the facts. No benefits for development from corruption are found …; market corruption, for example, does not appear to improve allocative efficiency. The erosion in a government's capacity to …
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A tragic solution to the collective action problem : implication for corruption, conflict and inequality
Nieva, Ricardo - 2020
valuations are homogeneous, our source of heterogeneity induces full cost- sharing and the first-best individual contributions …; further, the group probability of winning goes up. With heterogeneity in prize valuations, an increase in the effectiveness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203665
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Top income shares in OECD countries : the role of government ideology and globalization
Dorner, Florian; Schinke, Christoph - 2018
This paper investigates how government ideology and globalization are associated with top income shares in 17 OECD countries over the period 1970 to 2014. We use top income shares of the World Wealth and Income Database (WID). Globalization is measured by the KOF index of globalization. Static...
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The environmental Kuznets curve : a semiparametric approach with cross-sectional dependence
Soberon, Alexandra; D’Hers, Irene - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 11/292, pp. 1-23
This paper proposes a new approach to examine the relationship between CO2 emissions and economic developing. In particular, we propose to test the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for a panel of 24 OECD countries and 32 non-OECD countries by developing a more flexible estimation...
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Assessing the Effect of Current Account and Currency Crises on Economic Growth
Aßmann, Christian - 2008
specific heterogeneity via random coe?cients. For accurate estimation of the treatment type model a simulated maximum …
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The causal relationship between information and communication technology and foreign direct investment
Gholami, Roghieh; Lee, San-Yong Tom; Heshmati, Almas - 2003
This paper investigates the simultaneous causal relationship between investments in information and communication technology (ICT) and foreign direct investment (FDI), with reference to its implications on economic growth. For the empirical analysis we use data from 23 major countries with...
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