Similar Search Results

Inequality, infrastructure, and institutions: Empirical studies in public economics and political economy

Dorn, Florian - 2021

Florian Dorn prepared this study during his doctoral studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU). The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics. This dissertation contributes to the empirics of public economics and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164116

Background report on private sector development in Latin America, the post-communist countries of Europe and Asia, the Middle East and North Africa

Woodward, Richard; Kozarzewski, Piotr; Safavi, Mehdi - 2012

spite of a wave of crises and recessions in the late 1990s and early 2000s). Privatization has made a great deal of progress … somewhat. One of the main lessons for privatization policy makers in MENA countries from the experience in other regions is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430885

Čvert' stolittja ekonomičnych reform v Ukraïni: zapizno, zamalo, zanadto povìl'no?

Havrylyshyn, Oleh - 2015

CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research prepared an Ukrainian translation of Oleh Havrylyshyn's publication "A quarter century of economic reforms in Ukraine: too late, too slow, too little". The first aim of this paper is to describe the main developments in the Ukrainian economy since its...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430933

Are intergovernmental grants tactical? The evidence from Russia

Jarocińska, Elena - 2008

Two hypotheses about the determinants of Russian intergovernmental grants are tested empirically. According to first hypothesis, federal transfers to regions correlate with recent voting behavior of regional electorates. Second hypothesis states that transfers are higher in regions with...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430804

Land tenure and social relations in matrilineal and uxorilocal societies in Malawi

Kambewa, Daimon; Berge, Erling; Khaila, Stanley; … - 2023

This paper is about social relations in customary lands for the matrilineal uxorilocal culture of the Lomwe, Nyanja and Yao tribes in Southern Malawi. The study was carried out in the districts of Chiradzulu and Phalombe. Qualitative methods were used to examine local histories and practices to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565893

Privatization Disputes in Romania – the Petrom Case

Hunya, Gabor - 2007

In 2004 the Austrian-based OMV acquired in a privatization process 51% of the Romanian national oil company Petrom. Two … and a half years later this privatization is again in the focus of political attention in Romania. The current government …. The whole issue of privatization is on the agenda. This paper investigates the privatization of Petrom in its historical …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100073

Public servants in parliament: Theory and evidence on its determinants in Germany

Stutzer, Alois; Braendle, Thomas - 2009

This paper addresses the personal linkages between the public service and the legislature that emerge because public servants pursue a political mandate. There are concerns that the strong representation of public servants in many Western parliaments compromises the constitutionally proposed...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428802

EU's eastern neighbours: Institutional harmonisation and potential growth bonus

Radziwill, Artur; Smietanka, Paweł - 2009

This paper provides the quantitative estimate of the potential growth bonus for CIS countries, and in particular EU's Easter Neighbours, that can be a result of deeper institutional harmonisation with the EU. Econometric investigation involving instrumental variable, simultaneous equation and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430828

Longer-term growth prospects for CESEE

Schreiner, Josef - 2022

In light of the profound changes that both the European economy and European politics have experienced since the global financial crisis of 2008, this policy paper intends to retrace the experience of Central, Eastern and Southeastern European (CESEE) countries with transition and catching-up...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013369935

Essays on network industries: privatization, regulation, and productivity measurement

Kuhlmann, Andreas - 2007

subject of this study is the analysis of network industries with particular emphasis on privatization in this field in general … is threefold. The chapter on privatization is based on a theoretical model, followed by a chapter on the institutional …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698334