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Rationale Irrationalität oder "Warum lehnen die Intellektuellen den Kapitalismus ab?" : Mises und Nozick als Impulsgeber für die ordonomische Rational-Choice-Analyse von Sozialstru...

Beckmann, Markus - 2009

Ludwig von Mises hat Zeit seines Lebens die intellektuelle Auseinandersetzung mit antiliberalen und antikapitalistischen Ressentiments gesucht. Der vorliegende Beitrag greift die bereits durch Mises gestellte Frage nach möglichen Gründen für die antikapitalistischen Ressentiments der...

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COVID-19 and the state

Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Vaccaro, Andrea - 2021

We expect effective state institutions to matter in a country's ability to respond to crises. Yet notably in the first … relationships in the cross-country data, drawing on measures of the state, COVID's health impact, and pandemic policy response. In … between state effectiveness and pandemic health outcomes does in fact pertain. Our findings also offer insight into how …

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COVID-19 and the state : exploring a puzzling relationship in the early stages of the pandemic

Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Vaccaro, Andrea - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 35 (2023) 5, pp. 800-819

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Henan - the model: from hegemonism to fragmentism:portrait of the political culture of China's most populated province

Heberer, Thomas; Jakobi, Sabine - 2000

Henan is China's most populous province. It has long played a strategic role in Chinese history and in more recent decades has played a prominent part in the country's politics. In this paper we explore aspects of the history and political culture of Henan, particularly the collective memory or...

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Politicians' Motivation, Political Culture, and Electoral Competition

Beniers, Klaas J.; Dur, Robert - 2004

We study electoral competition among politicians who are heterogeneous both in competence and in how much they care about (what they perceive as) the public interest relative to the private rents from being in office. We show that politicians may have stronger incentives to behave...

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Political culture and discrimination in contests

Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitzan, Shmuel - 2010

Many economic and political decisions are the outcome of strategic contests for a given prize. The nature of such contests can be determined by a designer who is driven by political considerations with a specific political culture. The main objective of this study is to analyze the effect of...

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The Endogenous Determination of Minimum Wage

Epstein, Gil S.; Nitzan, Shmuel - 1999

In this paper we study the endogenous determination of minimum wage employing a political-economic game-theoretic approach. A major objective of the paper is to clarify the crucial role of the strength of the workers? union and of political culture on the determination of the minimum wage. In...

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Political Culture and Discrimination in Contests

Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitzan, Shmuel - 2010

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Politicians' motivation, political culture, and electoral competition

Beniers, Klaas J.; Dur, Robert - 2004

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Unkept promises: New Orleans casinos sing the blues

Lambert, Richard; Brooks, Jane Schleichardt; Wagner, … - 1995

the nature of our political system and the plight of central cities. Because local and state politicians are elected for …

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