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Nullmeier, Frank - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 93 (2013) Sonderheft, pp. 34-40

The article presents an empirical study of the legitimation of the market economy in the public sphere and examines whether criticism of the market economy has increased as a result of the euro crisis. The research results support the hypothesis of a transformation of the legitimacy basis for...

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Political institutions and policy choices: Evidence from the United States

Besley, Timothy; Case, Anne - 2002

A rich array of institutional diversity makes the United States an excellent place to study the relationship between political institutions and public policy outcomes. This essay has three main aims. First, it reviews existing empirical evidence on the relationship between institutional rules,...

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What are the sources of happiness?

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2000

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Satisfaction not guaranteed-Institutions and satisfaction with democracy in Western Europe

Schneider, Friedrich; Wagner, Alexander F.; Dufour, Mathias - 2003

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Satisfaction with Democracy and Collective Action Problems: The Case of the Environment

Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich; Wagner, Alexander - 2008

Using modern methods for analyzing multi-level data, we find that, by and large, citizens of OECD countries are more satisfied with the way democracy works in their country if more environmental policies are in place and if environmental quality is higher. We also document that parents care...

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Democracy and FDI

Busse, Matthias - 2003

Many believe that multinational enterprises insensitively ignore political rights and civil liberties in the countries of their investments. Frequently, non-governmental organisations accuse multinationals of fostering repressive regimes in developing countries and consider foreign direct...

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Principal-Agent-Probleme in internationalen Organisationen

Vaubel, Roland - 2003

Der Aufsatz zeigt anhand zahlreicher Beispiele und quantitativer Analysen, dass internationale Organisationen – mehr als alle anderen staatlichen Institutionen – ein extremes Kontrolldefizit aufweisen. Umfragen belegen, dass sie andere Interessen als die Bürger haben. Sie können diese...

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Direct Democracy for a Living Constitution

Frey, Bruno S. - 2004

The development of the constitution must be based on the rule of law. Direct democratic rights allow citizens to participate in the amendment process. The direct democratic process of institutional change is theoretically and empirically analyzed. A number of counter arguments and issues for a...

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Individual Determinants of Social Fairness Assessments: The Case of Germany

Hennighausen, Tanja; Heinemann, Friedrich; Bischoff, Ivo - 2008

In this contribution we study the determinants of how individuals assess the social fairness of a given income distribution. We propose an analytical framework distinguishing between potential impact factors related to the following fields: first fairness preferences, second beliefs on the...

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Die ökonomische Bedrohung politischer Selbstbestimmung: zum Verhältnis von Demokratie und Wohlfahrtsstaat

Nonhoff, Martin - 2007

diesem Hintergrund analysiert das vorliegende Arbeitspapier das Verhältnis von Wohlfahrtsstaat und Demokratie und fragt … insbesondere danach, unter welchen Umständen wohlfahrtsstaatliche Politik eine Gefährdung der Demokratie darstellt. Hiervon kann …, leistender Bürger und immer weniger demokratisch verantwortlicher Citoyen begriffen. Von einer Bedrohung der Demokratie muss man …

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