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Es liegt nicht alles am Sozialismus : über Ost-West-Unterschiede und ihre Ursprünge

Becker, Sascha O.; Mergele, Lukas; Woessmann, Ludger - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 101 (2021), pp. 32-36

Auch zum 30. Jubiläum der Deutschen Einheit ist noch viel von Ost-West-Unterschieden die Rede. Im Vordergrund stehen hierbei neben rein ökonomischen Differenzen auch Unterschiede in soziokulturellen Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen. Dass diese Diskussionen auch nach so langer Zeit noch...

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The political economy of Kazakhstan : a case of good economics, bad politics?

Commander, Simon; Prieskienyte, Ruta - In: Russian journal of economics 8 (2022) 2, pp. 122-158

Can autocracies and their associated institutions successfully implement economic policies that promote growth and investment? Can "good economics" somehow offset the effects of "bad" politics? Kazakhstan is a case where an autocratic regime has actively projected market-friendly policies and...

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State capitalism and the role of the armed forces in Egypt : in the historical context, the current government and 2016-2023 IMF reforms

Abdallah, Kareem I.; Jiránková, Martina - In: World economy and policy 3 (2024) 1, pp. 1-25

This article examines a specific form of state capitalism in Egypt under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, characterized by the central role of the military in economic affairs. Following the events of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, the Egyptian military not only secured its position as a key...

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On a comparative analysis of the impact of democracy on regulatory reform

Nguena, Christian Lambert - In: European journal of comparative economics 19 (2022) 2, pp. 195-225

potential reform of the economies concerned. Moreover, the estimation using the fixed-effect Poisson model and marginal effect … the determinants of reforms, is original in the sense that for questions of reform, the democracy factor had not yet been …

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Policy misperceptions, information, and the demand for redistributive tax reform : experimental evidence from Latin American countries

Ardanaz, Martin; Hübscher, Evelyne; Keefer, Philip; … - 2022

Why do individuals' preferences for redistribution often diverge widely from their material self-interest? Using an … political economy of redistribution and the potential for information interventions to shift support for fiscal adjustment …

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Challenges for food subsidy reform : lessons learnt from the just distribution of subsidies scheme in Iran

Tajmazinani, Ali Akbar - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2024

. This discussion paper examines the most recent experience of food subsidy reform in Iran in order to derive some lessons … reform (the replacement of consumer subsidies by targeted direct cash transfers paid out by the JDSS), and what challenges … might such a reform entail? A secondary analysis of national data on “household expenditures” and “price index” is used to …

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Transparency implications of the German lobbying register

Polk, Andreas - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 101 (2021) 2, pp. 121-126

This paper analyses Germany’s proposed lobbying register. While the declared existence of the political will to …

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A political argument for inefficiency under severe political pressure

Nisani, Doron - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 12 (2023), pp. 1-13

Who watches the watchmen? In order to examine the role of the governance separation of powers principle in economics, we developed a theoretical model of a structurally failed market with and without political pressure. We conclude that if the executive branch is dedicated to its public duty,...

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Politically motivated trade protection

Bown, Chad P.; Conconi, Paola; Erbahar, Aksel; … - 2024

This paper shows that the Electoral College system used to elect presidents of the United States (US) distorts US federal policies in favor of key industries in swing states. Using detailed data on US trade policies during the past few decades, we find that the level of trade protection granted...

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Equilibrium and convergence in income distribution : the case of 28 European countries in the recent, turbulent past (1995–2019)

Guo, Yanling; Sell, Friedrich L. - In: Central European economic journal 8 (2021) 55, pp. 95-125

The authors developed a political economy equilibrium framework for personal income distribution. In the beginning, they set up a theoretical model which was rooted in status theory. With this concept, one may explain a certain or optimal degree of inequality in society and define a steady state...

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