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Voting turnout in Greece: Expressive or instrumental?

Daskalopoulou, Irene - In: European Journal of Government and Economics (EJGE) 9 (2020) 1, pp. 26-45

effects of citizens' socio-economic features, political participation, activism and trust as pointing to either an expressive … relative income and the effect of civic participation and trust variables. In addition, the profile of voters is differentiated …, legitimization and the quality of democracy in Greece. …

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The effect of emigration on home-country political institutions

Lodigiani, Elisabetta - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

The number of immigrants from developing countries living in richer, more developed countries has increased substantially during the last decades. At the same time, the quality of institutions in developing countries has also improved. The data thus suggest a close positive correlation between...

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Political business cycle and fiscal discipline in Sub-Saharan Africa

Obakemi, Funsho; Adebowale, Hammed Adesola; Yusuf, … - In: European Journal of Government and Economics (EJGE) 10 (2021) 2, pp. 185-205

significant effect in the pre-election year. In addition, we found evidence suggesting that though democracy significantly lowers …

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Political leadership and the quality of public goods and services: Does religion matter?

Prinz, Aloys L.; Sander, Christian J. - In: Economics of Governance 21 (2020) 4, pp. 299-334

Despite some indications to the contrary, religion still plays an important role in contemporary society. In this paper, the association between religion and the quality of public goods and services, measured by the so-called “delivery quality” index of the Worldwide Governance Indicators...

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Securing personal freedom through institutions: the role of electoral democracy and judicial independence

Berggren, Niclas; Gutmann, Jerg - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 49 (2020) 2, pp. 165-186

We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal freedom. While judicial … independence is positively and robustly related to personal freedom in all its forms, electoral democracy displays a robust …

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German Exports on the Rise: Domestic Demand Should Follow

Schrooten, Mechthild; Teichmann, Isabel - In: Weekly Report 6 (2010) 31, pp. 231-236

German exports suffered a sharp decline during the international economic and financial crisis. But recently a strong turnaround has taken place. Macroeconomic stimulus measures in numerous countries have likely contributed to this export recovery. Germany's manufacturers are at the forefront of...

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Export wieder auf Touren: Binnennachfrage muss nachziehen

Schrooten, Mechthild; Teichmann, Isabel - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 35, pp. 2-7

Im Zug der internationalen Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise sind die deutschen Exporte stark eingebrochen, inzwischen ist aber eine deutliche Trendwende eingetreten. Die Exporteure profitieren offenbar auch in einem erheblichen Maße von den in zahlreichen Volkswirtschaften aufgelegten...

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The human development index as isoelastic GDP: Evidence from China and Pakistan

Bechtel, Gordon - In: Economies 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-9

Gross domestic product (GDP) is shown to possess three new desiderata. First, GDP is almost perfectly correlated over time with the first principal component of its three classical indicators. Second, this principal component is in a class of weighted indexes ancillary to GDP. Each ancillary...

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The impact of trading liquidity on the rate of return on emerging markets: The example of Poland and the Baltic countries

Gniadkowska-Szymańska, Agata - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 13 (2017) 4, pp. 136-148

Each type of investment has its own liquidity, i.e. the speed with which it can be converted into money. This can be seen with respect to various instruments (such as stocks or futures contracts), market segments, or even entire exchanges. The importance of liquidity has been acknowledged for a...

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Bucharest-Ilfov Region – Between Economic and Social Convergence and Divergence

Badoiu, Catalina Mihaela - In: CES Working Papers 6 (2014) 2, pp. 6-21

This paper aims to highlight the main economic disparities between the developing regions of Romania, during the 2005-2011/2012 period. We will focus on the Bucharest-Ilfov region, which differs both in terms of population density, and the galloping economic growth, relative to other regions. In...

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