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Corporate Governance: What can we Learn from Public Governance?
Benz, Matthias; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
In view of recent corporate scandals, it is argued that corporate governance can learn from public governance. Institutions devised to control and discipline the behavior of executives in the political sphere can give new insights into how to improve the governance of firms. Proposals in four...
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Why Kill Politicians? A Rational Choice Analysis of Political Assassinations
Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2007
to well-known security measures – an extension of democracy, a rule by a committee of several politicians, more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627943
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La gouvernance etat des lieux et controverses conceptuelles (State of the art and conceptual contreverses)
Ndiaye, Cheikh - Laboratoire de Recherche sur l'Industrie et … - 2008
La diversité des connotations attachées à la notion (ou aux notions) de gouvernance ne pouvait manquer de susciter l’appétit des chercheurs désireux de renouveler leurs outils d’analyse face à un monde en mutation accélérée (mondialisation, déréglementation, rapports entre...
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Does Parliament Matter in New Democracies? The Cas of South Africa 1994-2000.
Mathisen, H.W.; Tjonneland, E.N. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutät, Universität Zürich - 2001
The role of parliaments is a neglected topic in the study of the democratisation in sub-Saharan Africa. This working paper provides a case study of the South African parliament from the first democratic elections in 1994 to the present. The paper examines the external environment and the...
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The German Cure for Trabies and Lesser Ills.
Prybyla, J.S. - Department of Economics, Pennsylvania State University - 1995
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Generating Participation and Democracy: An Illustration from Electricity Reform in Mexico
Branston, J. Robert; Sugden, Roger; Valdez, Pedro; … - In: International Review of Applied Economics 20 (2006) 1, pp. 47-68
Privatisation is a fundamental issue for both 'developed' and 'less developed' countries. Many see it as a requirement for access to a globalised economy, and furthermore imply that countries have no room for manoeuvre when it comes to ensuring that privatisation takes place. However, we would...
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Only pluralism in economics research and education is compatible with a democratic society
Soderbaum, Peter - In: International Journal of Green Economics 2 (2008) 1, pp. 45-64
Do we need a Green economics different from mainstream neoclassical economics? The position taken here is that exclusive reliance on neoclassical economics (with its extension to environmental economics) will not be enough in guiding us towards a sustainable society. Neoclassical economics is...
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Do Autocratic States Trade Less?
Aidt, Toke S.; Gassebner, Martin - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2007
The paper analyzes whether the political regime of a country influences its involvement in international trade. Firstly, we develop a theoretical model that predicts that autocracies trade less than democracies. Secondly, we test the predictions of the model empirically using a panel of more...
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The Sandinista Revolution and Post-Conflict Development--Key Issues
Kagami, Mitsuhiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
implemented a Cuban-type socialist system, but the system failed and democracy was established during 1990-2007. Considering this …
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Emergence and Persistence of Inefficient States*
Acemoglu, Daron; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Centro di Ricerca sull'Economia delle Istituzioni … - 2007
to democracy, which will choose redistributive policies. Taxation requires the employment of bureaucrats. We show that … democratic politics. This enables them to reduce the amount of redistribution and public good provision in democracy. Moreover … structure creates more rents for bureaucrats than would an efficient state structure. When the poor come to power in democracy …
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