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The expert and the charlatan: an experimental study in economic advice
Alysandratos, Theodore; Boukouras, Aristotelis; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164755
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Democracy and income in-equality : an empirical analysis
Grâdšṭayn, Marq; Milanović, Branko; Ying, Yvonne - 2001
While standard political economy theories suggest a moderating effect of democratization on income inequality, empirical literature has failed to uncover any such robust relationship. Here we take yet another look at this issue arguing first, that prevailing ideology may be an important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397917
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Do civil and political repression really boost foreign direct investments?
Harms, Philipp; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2001
thus supports the notion that there is a positive relationship between democracy and economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397998
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Democracy and international trade : differential effects from a panel quantile regression framework
Abeliansky, Ana; Krenz, Astrid - 2015
There has been a wide debate on whether democracy actually has an effect on economic outcomes, and especially on … variables estimation. Our results demonstrate that the effect of democracy on trade is underestimated using Ordinary Least … (1996) which suggest that the effects of democracy for economic growth are not uniform for all countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513375
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The effect of income on democracy revisited : a flexible distributional approach
Idzalika, Rajius; Kneib, Thomas; Martínez-Zarzoso, … - 2015
We reexamine the effect of economic development on the level of democracy based on the data sets of Acemoglu et al … democracy. The zero-one-inflated beta distribution is more appropriate for continuous but bounded responses with non … democracy variables. Since our analysis highlights that the distribution of democracy is bimodal, we approximate the modes using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532568
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Double diversification with an application to Iceland
Thorvaldur Gylfason; Wijkman, Per Magnus - 2015 - Final version, 27 May 2015
Excessive concentration increases national risk in an uncertain world. This paper views economic and political diversification as an essential aspect of national risk management aimed at promoting efficiency, growth, and welfare. The paper first presents economic and political diversification...
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The function of justification in transnational governance
Kjaer, Poul F. - 2015
to democracy in transnational settings in so far as both can be understood as reflexivity increasing instruments. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373897
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Dimensions of justice & justification in EU and transnational contexts
Herlin-Karnell, Ester; Kjær, Poul F. - 2015
This discussion paper is part of a series of contributions to the conference "Towards a Grammar of Justice in EU Law', which took place on 6-7 November 2014 at VU University Amsterdam, sponsored by ACCESS EUROPE Amsterdam, VU Centre for European Legal Studies and the Dutch Research Council VENI...
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Democracies cooperate more : even where it threatens to bite?
Hühne, Philipp; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, … - 2015
Estimating two-step selection models, we find that more democratic governments are more likely to conclude preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and to agree to stricter investment provisions related to pre-establishment national treatment and investor-state dispute settlement in PTAs. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300630
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Want freedom, will travel : emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality
Naghsh Nejad, Maryam; Young, Andrew T. - 2015
We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3,566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317631