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Citizen-centric governance indicators : measuring and monitoring governance by listening to the people and not the interest groups

Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - 2009

in government ; government oversight ; public opinion …

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The Soviet constitution problem in comparative corporate law : testing the proposition that European corporate law is more stockholder-focused than U.S. corporate law

Strine, Leo E. - 2015

This article addresses the proposition advanced by academic and press commentators that European corporation law promotes stockholder welfare better than its U.S. counterpart. Those who express that view often point to the stronger rights afforded to stockholders under the laws of the European...

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Sharper Axes, Lower Taxes - Big Steps to a Smaller State

Booth, Philip - 2011

The government's 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review was anything but comprehensive. The cuts to government spending …-tax, high-spend economy. Instead of totally reviewing the functions of the state and how the government should achieve its …

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Sustaining Reform Efforts at the SEC : A Progress Report

Heminway, Joan MacLeod - 2011

Many recent articles written by U.S. legal practitioners and law scholars in the wake of the financial crisis address regulatory reforms included in or omitted from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) and related agency initiatives. In contrast, this...

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Divided Government Versus Incumbency Externality Effect : Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Multiple Voting Decisions

Ade, Florian - 2011

externality effect as well as a preference for divided government effect in opposite directions …

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Sudanese North-South Border Tribes, Economic Interactions and Seeds of Conflict

Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2011

The crisis of Greater Darfur Region of Sudan extends to other regions as the South Sudan prepares for secession next July 2011. In the past eight years Sudan's crisis in Darfur was amplified by global news media all over the world. Civil conflict erupted, developed into armed rebellions and open...

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Turning Federalism Right-Side Up

Somin, Ilya - 2012

recognizes that the federal government often has incentives to promote cartelization, he endorses a broad interpretation of …

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Internet Advertising after Sorrell v. IMS Health : A Discussion on Privacy and the First Amendment

Cole, Agatha - 2012

This Article examines the scope of Sorrell v. IMS Health, its potential impact on legislative efforts to enact comprehensive consumer privacy legislation, and its implications for targeted Internet advertising. Part I provides a general overview of ad-targeting technology, emphasizing the...

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What Should a Central Bank (Not) Do?

Steil, Benn - 2013

The financial crisis that began unfurling in 2008 has led to the refashioning of the model central bank governor along the lines of Churchillian war leader, willing to try anything with the money he conjures to restore economic growth. This raises important questions as to what limits, if any,...

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The Scope of Government in a Free Society

Dorn, James A. - 2013

The purpose of this article is to delineate the legitimate functions of government in a free society. This exercise … differs from determining the “optimal” size of government, which economists have estimated at 15 to 30 percent of gross … economic growth; he was seeking an institutional design to limit the powers of government and protect individual rights. People …

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