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Understanding Regulatory Environments and their Impact on Economic Change
James, Harvey; Johnson, Derek - EconWPA - 2002
We propose a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of regulatory activity based on the distinctions among boundary, conduct, and attribute regulation. The standard we use to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of regulations creating boundaries, regulating conduct, and defining...
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POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS FOR AN EFFECTIVE EIA SYSTEM IN SUDAN
ALI, OSMAN MIRGHANI MOHAMED - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 09 (2007) 01, pp. 67-82
Assessing the potential impact of development projects in the Sudan dates back to the study of the Equatorial Nile Project conducted in the last century during the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies commenced in the early eighties of the last century with...
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Knowledge Management in Business Schools
Ranjan, Jayanthi - In: Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM) 07 (2008) 01, pp. 55-62
Business schools have been using information for years to improve the efficiency of academic services and effectiveness of academic programs. As more trustees, administrators, faculty, parents, students have begun to seek better outcomes, not surprisingly these schools are investing in...
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A multilevel analysis of innovation in developing countries
Srholec, Martin - Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), … - 2008
Innovation is a multilevel phenomenon. Not only characteristics of firms but also the environment within which firms operate matter. Although this has been recognized in the literature for a long time, a quantitative test that explicitly considers the hypothesis that framework conditions affect...
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The educational effects of 19th century disentailment of catholic church land in Colombia.
Vargas, Antonella Fazio; Torres, Fabio Sánchez - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2008
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of land concentration prompted by the distribution of disentailed Church land during the second half of the 19th century on the accumulation of human capital, in early 20th century Colombia1. Utilizing existing primary sources on the process of...
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Entrepreneurship and the Theory of Taxation
Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
Taxation theory rarely takes entrepreneurship into consideration. We discuss how this omission affects conclusions derived from standard models of capital taxation when applied to entrepreneurial income. Some of the defining features of entrepreneurship often omitted by standard capital taxation...
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FDI, Regulations and Growth
Busse, Matthias; Cardosa, Groizard; Luis, José - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2006
The paper explores the linkage between income growth rates and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. So far the evidence is rather mixed, as no robust relationship between FDI and income growth has been established. We argue that countries need a sound business environment in the form of good...
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The Political Economy of Corruption and and the Role of Financial Institutions
Hainz, Christa; Boerner, Kira - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2005
probabilistic voting model, we show that a lack of financial institutions can lead more corruption as more voters are part of the … corrupt system. Well-functioning financial institutions, in turn, can increase the political support for anti …
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Quality of Institutions, Credit Markets and Bankruptcy
Hainz, Christa - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2005
The number of firm bankruptcies is surprisingly low in economies with poor institutions. We study a model of bank …. We show that institutions must improve significantly in order to yield a stable equilibrium in which the optimal number … of firms is liquidated. There is also a range where improving institutions may decrease the number of bad firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082723
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Neocolonialism or Balanced Partnership? Reframing Agricultural Relations Between the EU and Africa
Lungu, Ioana - 2017
historical path dependencies, colonialism, trade policy and domestic institutions on the EU and African side. While trade is … often plagued by a long history of extractive institutions, both politically and economically, which lead to a vicious cycle …
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