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On the Determinants and Effects of Political Influence
Chong, Alberto E.; Gradstein, Mark - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This paper uses a large cross-country survey of business firms to assess their influence on government policies. It is found that influence is associated with larger, government-owned firms that have a high degree of ownership concentration. In contrast, foreign ownership matters little. It is...
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Towards a New Agenda for the Study of Business Internationalization: Integrating Markets, Institutions and Politics
Rodrigues, Rodrigues, S.B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010
Business is becoming increasingly international. At the same time, governments are intervening more in the conduct of business. A further development is the growing significance of emerging economies, many of which have a tradition of active government involvement with business. Taken together,...
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How Influential is Economics?
Frey, Bruno - In: De Economist 154 (2006) 2, pp. 295-311
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The Influence of Power and Politics in Organizations (Part 1)
Omisore, Bernard Oladosu; Nweke, Augustina Nwaneka - In: International Journal of Academic Research in Business … 4 (2014) 7, pp. 164-183
made. These decisions or choices involve some kind of politics while the person making the choices or decisions uses some … power to ensure that his/her choices or decisions are accepted. Thus, the influence of power and politics in organizations … presents a political analysis of intraorganizational relations in which power play and politics is normal. In any organization …
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INFLUENCE OF THE INVESTMENT DECISIONS ON THE RETURN OF THE COMPANY
Sorin, Pop Mugurel Gabriel - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2012) 2, pp. 302-307
We propose in this study, to make an analysis of the influence of the investment decision on the return of the company. The goal of our research is the quantification of the influence of investment activity on profitability. Fulfilling such a goal has forced us to research the existing...
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Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy
Frieden, Jeffry A. - Princeton University Press
, Currency Politics presents a comprehensive analysis of the politics surrounding exchange rates. Identifying the motivations for … the politics of the gold standard, particularly in the United States, and he examines the political economy of European … monetary integration. He also analyzes the politics of Latin American currency policy over the past forty years, and focuses on …
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Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy
Frieden, Jeffry A. - Princeton University Press
, Currency Politics presents a comprehensive analysis of the politics surrounding exchange rates. Identifying the motivations for … the politics of the gold standard, particularly in the United States, and he examines the political economy of European … monetary integration. He also analyzes the politics of Latin American currency policy over the past forty years, and focuses on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011093938
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Towards a New Agenda for the Study of Business Internationalization: Integrating Markets, Institutions and Politics
Rodrigues, S.B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2010
Business is becoming increasingly international. At the same time, governments are intervening more in the conduct of business. A further development is the growing significance of emerging economies, many of which have a tradition of active government involvement with business. Taken together,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008484227
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The Future of the Rhode Island Economy
LeShane, James C. - 2010
No one would argue that the economy in the United States has been faltering in recent years; due in part to global factors, and even with stimulus plans offered by the Federal Government, there is increased burden on states to find forms of revenue. More and more, states must compete not only...
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The political economy of early COVID-19 interventions in US states
Gonzales-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2022
We investigate how politico-economic factors shaped government responses to the spread of COVID-19. Our simple framework uses epidemiological, economic and politico-economic arguments. Confronting the theory with US state level data we find strong evidence for partisanship even when we control...
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