Search Results - subject:"POLITICAL PROCESS"

Indian Software Industry: Distortions and Consolidations of Gains

Nath, Pradosh - eSocialSciences - 2010

political process that successfully thwarted the automation of Indian manufacturing sector has caused an irreparable damage to …

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The empirics of the median voter: Democracy, redistribution and the role of the middle class

Scervini, Francesco - 2009

The paper investigates the effectiveness of the median voter as a decisive agent in the process of redistribution. According to the previous literature, it tests several assumptions finding interesting results: The positive relation between inequality and redistribution is confirmed, but the...

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Federalism and Public Choice

Hills, Roderick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

federal regimes, and positive theories for how federal regimes are sustained through the political process. In general, I …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835817

Towards a Principal-Agent Based Typology of Risks in Public-Private Partnerships

Palma, André De; Prunier, Guillaume; Leruth, Luc E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

There is a strong economic rationale for close cooperation between the public and private sectors. This has resulted in a significant increase in the demand for the provision of public services through instruments combining public and private money such as public-private partnerships (PPPs or...

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The Politics of Social Protection: Social Expenditure versus Markets' Regulation

Gioacchino, Debora Di; Sabani, Laura - Dipartimento di Economia e Diritto, Facoltà di Economia - 2009

outcomes of a political process through which votersâ€™ heterogeneous preferences are aggregated. In our model, agents differ … the political process as a two-party electoral competition in a citizen-candidate model with probabilistic voting. We show …

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Building a Viable State : A delicate balance

Stanekzai, Mohammad Masoom - In: Development Outreach 11 (2009) 2, pp. 36-41

Afghanistan presents complex and, in some respects, unique development challenges, such as building a viable state.

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Does direct democracy make for better citizens? : a cautionary warning based on cross-country evidence

Voigt, Stefan; Blume, Lorenz - In: Constitutional political economy 26 (2015) 4, pp. 391-420

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Social justice, entrepreneurship and innovation

Carrasco-Monteagudo, Immaculada; Buendía-Martínez, … - In: European journal of international management : EJIM 9 (2015) 5, pp. 635-647

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The four major rivers restoration project of South Korea : an assessment of its process, program, and political dimensions

Lah, T.J.; Park, Yeoul; Cho, Yoon Jik - In: The journal of environment & development : a review of … 24 (2015) 4, pp. 267-291

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The institutional change under lobbying and the distribution of power ¨DThe case analysis on the changes in land ownership system in China in 1978

Shengmin, SUN - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 3 (2008) 3, pp. 410-429

In this paper, we develop a model of institutional change of land property right in China, which include the influences of lobbying and the political power division in 1978. The model illustrates how extra gains are produced under different institutions and how lobbying and political power...

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