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Legitimacy: Yugoslav lessons for Ukraine

Gligorov, Vladimir - 2016

Examples from the breakup of Yugoslavia and state-building in the successor states are used to highlight the political and constitutional choices facing Ukraine. The main lesson is that legitimacy is needed for constitution-building, which is needed for long-term state stability. Ethnic and...

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Does social distrust always lead to a stronger support for government intervention?

Pitlik, Hans; Kouba, Ludek - 2014

We address empirically trust as a determinant of support for government intervention. The central notion provided in … approximately 100,000 -115,000 individuals in 37 OECD- and EU-countries, we show that the impact of social trust on government …

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Learning, voting and the information trap

Berentsen, Aleksander; Bruegger, Esther; Loertscher, Simon - 2005

We consider a median voter model with uncertainty about how the economy functions. The distribution of income is exogenously given and the provision of a public good is financed through a proportional tax. Voters and politicians do not know the true production function for the public good, but...

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Studies on Issues in Political Economy since the Global Financial Crisis

Jäger, Kai - 2016

of globalization and austerity. Chapter 4 suggests that government ideology still has a pronounced impact on economic …

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Die fiskalische Bilanz eines Kindes im deutschen Steuer- und Sozialsystem: Studie im Auftrag der Robert Bosch Stiftung

Werding, Martin; Hofmann, Herbert - 2005

Die vorliegende Studie wurde im Auftrag der Robert Bosch Stiftung im ifo Arbeitsbereich "Sozialpolitik und Arbeitsmärkte" erstellt und im Juni 2005 abgeschlossen, um die Arbeit der von der Bosch Stiftung initiierten Kommission "Familie und demographischer Wandel" zu unterstützen. Gegenstand...

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Who benefits from big government? A life satisfaction approach

Knoll, Bodo; Pitlik, Hans - 2014

Which impact does government size have on life satisfaction, and how do effects of bigger government differ between … happiness effects between income groups. The paper addresses empirically the effects of government spending on subjective well … most government spending categories, including social protection, are on average negatively related to individual well …

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Neue Beteiligungs- und Steuerungsprozesse in der ländlichen Entwicklung: Phase I der Begleitforschung zum Modellvorhaben

Küpper, Patrick; Kundolf, Stefan; Margarian, Anne - 2014

In diesem Bericht werden die Zwischenergebnisse der Begleitforschung 2012 bis 2013 zum Modellvorhaben LandZukunft des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) vorgestellt. Das Modellvorhaben läuft von 2012 bis Ende 2014 in vier aus ursprünglich 17 Landkreisen ausgewählten...

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Structural policies in the euro area

Masuch, Klaus (contributor); Anderton, Robert (contributor); … - 2018

Structural policies in the euro area are of great interest for the Eurosystem, particularly as they can support the smooth functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the effectiveness of monetary policy. This paper adopts a broad definition of structural policies, analysing not...

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The Role of Information for Public Preferences on Education - Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Werner, Katharina - 2019

The aim of this doctoral project is an empirical analysis of questions concerning economics of education, in particular education policy. The first key aspect is the relationship between public opinion and the level of information of the population. As part of this, a first research project...

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Economic Challenges of Lagging Regions II: Recent Structural Reforms, Outstanding Needs and Governance Issues

Fornoni, Ruggero; Greunz, Lydia; Rabemiafara, Nirina; … - 2017

This report is concerned with analysing, for eight EU Member States with lagging regions, the main structural reforms carried out over the past five to ten years, essentially those which are relevant for the European Structural and Investment Funds. Furthermore it provides an overview of the...

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