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Cost-reducing R&D in the presence of an appropriation alternative: an application to the natural resource curse

Puzon, Klarizze - 2013

option to engage in conflict. Using a game theoretical framework, it is argued that an increase in the amount of natural … resources (in the informal sector where conflict for a common-pool rent materializes) reduces the incentives of entrepreneurial … increase in the amount of resources in the common pool induces intensified conflict among groups and less R&D investment …

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Ranking Teachers when Teacher Value-Added is Heterogeneous Across Students

Stacy, Brian - 2014

The typical measure used by researchers and school administrators to evaluate teachers is based on how the students' achievement increases after being exposed to the teacher, or based on the teacher's "value-added''. When teacher value-added is heterogeneous across her students, the typically...

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Israel's Global Capitalism

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2004

The flaring up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the early 2000s caught most experts by surprise. The 1990s … what we see on television and read in the newspapers. According to the media, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, like all …, and therefore its history – including its conflict with the Palestinians – needs to be situated within the broader …

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New Economy or Transnational Ownership? The Global Political Economy of Israel

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2002

An analysis of the political economy of Israel during the 1990s.

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Global Accumulation and the New Middle East Wars

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2002

The unravelling of the Middle-East peace process continues to baffle the pundits. The early optimism of the Oslo peace accord has now turned into despair. Prime minister Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist. The Palestinians have embarked on a new Intifada. And Israel has re-occupied...

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The End of Neoliberalism?

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2003

This article was commissioned by the French newspaper Le Monde. The newspaper was one of several sponsors of an International Conference on Global Regulation, held at the University of Sussex on May 29-31, 2003, where we presented a plenary paper. As part of its sponsorship, Le Monde agreed to...

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New Imperialism or New Capitalism?

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2004

Over the past century, the institution of 'capital' and the process of its 'accumulation' have been fundamentally transformed. By contrast, the theories that explain this institution and process have remained largely unchanged. The purpose of this mimeograph is to address this mismatch. Using a...

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The Scientist and the Church

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2005

The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...

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Foreign Investment and Domestic Productivity in the Czech Republic: A Quantitative Survey

Havranek, Tomas; Hampl, Mojmir - 2018

In this paper we take stock of the evidence concerning the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the productivity of locally owned firms in the Czech Republic. To this end, we collect 332 estimates previously reported in journal articles, working papers, and PhD theses. We find that the...

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Do Customs Trade Facilitation Programmes Help Reduce Customs-Related Corruption?

Michael, Bryane; Popov, Maja - 2012

Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue each year. Using recent data only about bribe payers’ actual experiences in paying bribes, we show that trade facilitation would only help reduce corruption and improve efficiency...

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