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Incentive Contracts for Politicians
Liessem, Verena - 2003
The thesis studies the potential of incentive contracts for politicians using game-theoretic methods. Supplementing the election mechanism with these contracts is a new idea to make politicians more accountable. Two types of incentive contracts are considered: a) monetary incentive contracts...
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Democracy, Crises, and Misconceptions
Beilharz, Hans-Jörg - 2005
We consider misconceptions about the functioning of the economy as one possible explanation for the emergence of crises in democracies. Furthermore, we study a political process which may lead to successful reform. First of all, we show that voters can make inefficient decisions concerning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476265
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Essays on Budgetary Institutions: Theory and Evidence
Amoroso, Nicolas Emiliano - 2006
The dissertation offers an analysis of the role of budgetary institutions on the determination of fiscal outcomes. In the second chapter I provide a theoretical model that rationalizes differences in fiscal outcomes of two countries that are supposed to obey the same set of numerical constraints...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450941
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Political Economy in a globalized world ; How politics, culture, and institutional incentives shape economic and political outcomes
Gehring, Kai - 2015
Diese kumulative Dissertation besteht aus drei Abschnitten. I. Geopolitics, Aid and Growth Wir untersuchen den Effekt kurzfristiger politischer Motive auf die Effektivität von Entwicklungshilfe. Dabei testen wir, ob der Effekt der Hilfe auf Wirtschaftswachstum reduziert wird durch den Anteil...
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Essays on the behavior of firms and politicians
Riem, Marina - 2017
. The results show that realized investment ratios decreased in years when state elections occurred relative to the average … develop better before state elections and worse after state elections. The second part of this dissertation investigates how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011741962
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IDENTIFYING FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE GENDER DISPARITIES IN PHYSICIAN INCOME: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC POLICY
Bolyard, Wendy - 2007
specialization and other variables differs by gender, gender bias in physician income may be conceptually implied. The study uses … equality, gender differences must be taken into consideration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431112
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Organisation Kultur Geschlecht : Eine empirische Untersuchung zur (Geschlechts-)Sensibilität in und von Organisationen
Franke, Marion; Simöl, Ingeborg - 2003
This work, addressed to the complex project „Organization Culture Gender“, is based on an empirical study about the … (gender-)sensitivity in and of nine organizations within the economical, social and civil service field. The focus of our … study lies on organizations and their special characteristics with reference to gender, i. e. structures (gender-order) und …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433652
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Organisational climate, organisational practices and service delivery in a local government / Kedisaletse Doreen Ross.
Ross, Kedisaletse Doreen - 2009
The success of any organisation depends on its ability to adapt to an ever-changing environment. Inorder to be able to adapt, an organisation needs visionary leadership, a management team that ispassionate, professional and entrepreneurial, and employees that are engaged. With the...
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Evolution of gender wage gap in Peru, 1997-2000
Longnecker, Michael (contributor);  … - 2007
gender. The wage differential due to gender, and not to differences in labor characteristics, is called discrimination. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464827