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The role of institutional quality on the performance in the export of coconut products

Lin, Jessie; Flachsbarth, Insa; Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan von - 2018

institutional quality, based on three indicators from the World Bank, and its indicator-specific effects on bilateral coconut trade …

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Political institutions and academic freedom: evidence from across the world

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2021

There is scant systematic empirical evidence on what explains variation in academic freedom. Making use of a new indicator and panel data covering 64 countries 1960-2017, we investigate how de facto academic freedom is affected by, in particular, political institutions. We find that moving to...

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Securing personal freedom through institutions : the role of electoral democracy and judicial independence

Berggren, Niclas; Gutmann, Jerg - 2019

Personal freedom is highly valued by many and a central element of liberal political philosophy. Although personal freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and Russia, where elected populist leaders with authoritarian...

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Securing personal freedom through institutions : the role of electoral democracy and judicial independence

Berggren, Niclas; Gutmann, Jerg - 2019

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Institutions, the Resource Curse and the Collapse Hypothesis

Deacon, Robert - 2012

In his influential and highly readable book Collapse, Jared Diamond claims that human-induced ecological and environmental degradation and the over-use of natural resources have caused civilizations to collapse. This paper examines the collapse thesis in light of recent research on the way...

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Privatizations and Institutions : A Cross-Country Analysis

Bortolotti, Bernardo; Fantini, Marcella; Siniscalco, … - 2001

Privatisation, i.e. the transfer of ownership and control of state-owned enterprises, is a worldwide phenomenon. Which political, economic and institutional factors are shaping this process? This paper addresses the issue presenting new evidence from a sample of 49 countries. From an empirical...

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Political economy of labor market institutions in a globalised era

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Frensch, Richard; Huber, Stephan - 2021

The paper extends the literature on the political economy of labor market institutions by developing a framework in which owners of capital can benefit from both greater labor market flexibility and better rule of law. Their choice of location of manufacturing centres can, therefore, by...

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The making of policy : institutionalized or not?

Scartascini, Carlos G.; Tommasi, Mariano - 2009

This paper develops a framework for analyzing different policymaking styles, their causes and their consequences in Latin America, finding that lower institutionalization and greater use of alternative political technologies (APTs) are more likely the lower the cost of using these technologies,...

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A Lipsetian theory of democratization : development, education, inequality, and resources

Boucekkine, Raouf; Piacquadio, Paolo G.; Prieur, Fabien - 2016

The paper reexamines Lipset's theory of democratization, by distinguishing the role of (economic) development from that … explanation of the positive relationship between economic development, education, and democratization, and of the negative … relationship between inequality and democratization. Furthermore, we obtain new insights on the resources-curse hypothesis and on …

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Democracy and the quality of economic institutions : theory and evidence

Krieger, Tommy - In: Public choice 192 (2022) 3/4, pp. 357-376

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