Search Results - subject:"developing and transition countries"

Taxation, Corruption and the Exchange Rate Regime

Hefeker, Carsten - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2008

The paper analyzes the relation between institutional quality, such as corruption, in a country and its monetary regime. It is shown that a credibly fixed exchange rate to a low inflation country, like a currency board, can reduce corruption and improve the fiscal system. A monetary union,...

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Effectiveness of Competition Law: A Panel Data Analysis

Kronthaler, Franz - 2007

The paper explores what macroeconomic factors can tell us about the effectiveness of recently enacted national competition laws. Qualitative evidence suggests that numerous countries fall short in implementing competition law. Furthermore, there seems to be significant differences between...

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Effectiveness of Competition Law: A Panel Data Analysis

Kronthaler, Franz - Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) - 2007

enacted such a law. Especially, since the 1990s, a lot of developing and transition countries took the step of enactment. All …, including six ‘Global Fora on Competition’ in which many developing and transition countries took part. The United Nations … Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is also active in promoting competition law in developing and transition countries …

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