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Roles of Social Conformity in Deviance in Poverty: A Study on Working Poverty and Educational Investment in Bangladesh

Bhattacharyay, Biswa N.; Gangopadhyay, Partha; Rahman, … - CESifo - 2013

and Deviance”, this paper empirically explains why some households choose to copy others, while some choose deviance even … though social deviance in acquiring education can throw subjects into abject poverty. In particular, the paper examines the …

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Socio-Political Conflict and Economic Performance in Bolivia

Evia, Jose-Luis; Laserna, Roberto; Skaperdas, Stergios - CESifo - 2008

how levels of conflict, economic performance, and governance might be related in Bolivia’s recent history. …

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Politicians: Be Killed or Survive

Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - CESifo - 2008

: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order …

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Growing Apart? A Tale of Two Republics: Estonia and Georgia

Gylfason, Thorvaldur; Hochreiter, Eduard - CESifo - 2007

of capital (extensive growth). We infer that advances in education at all levels, good governance, and institutional … marred by various problems related to weak governance in the public and private spheres. …

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Comparative Venture Capital Governance. Private versus Labour Sponsored Venture Capital Funds

Cumming, Douglas J.; MacIntosh, Jeffrey G. - CESifo - 2003

chapter contrasts the governance of LSVCCs to limited partnerships. We also summarize Canadian evidence on the impact of LSVCC … governance and tax incentives: (1) on the distribution of venture capital funding between private and LSVCC funds; (2) on the …

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What Determines Fiscal Policy? Evidence from German States

Berger, Helge; Holler, Anika - CESifo - 2007

statistical and quantitative terms. Finally, there is evidence that addressing governance problems and ensuring flexibility in …

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The Politician and his Banker

Hainz, Christa; Hakenes, Hendrik - CESifo - 2007

Should the European Union grant state aid through an institution like the European Investment bank? This paper evaluates the efficiency of different measures for granting state aid. We use a theoretical model with firms that differ in their creditworthiness and compare different types of...

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Ethnic Fractionalization, Governance and Loan Defaults in Africa

Andrianova, Svetlana; Baltagi, Badi H.; Demetriades, Panicos - CESifo - 2014

quality of governance) and the degree of market segmentation (depending on the level of ethnic fractionalization). The model …

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Economic Growth and Judicial Independence, a Dozen Years On: Cross-Country Evidence Using an Updated Set of Indicators

Voigt, Stefan; Gutmann, Jerg; Feld, Lars P. - CESifo - 2014

Over 10 years ago, Feld and Voigt (2003) introduced the first indicator for objectively meas-uring the actual independence of the judiciary and demonstrated its utility in a large cross-section of countries. The indicator has been widely used, but also criticized. This paper pre-sents more...

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Incorporation and Taxation: Theory and Firm-level Evidence

Egger, Peter; Keuschnigg, Christian; Winner, Hannes - CESifo - 2009

and corporate governance. The theory explains how the incorporation decision of entrepreneurs is driven by taxation …

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