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Dictators and Their Viziers: Agency Problems in Dictatorships
Egorov, Georgy; Sonin, Konstantin - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005
The possibility of treason by a close associate has been a nightmare of most dictators throughout history. Better informed viziers are also better able to discriminate among potential plotters, and this makes them more risky subordinates for the dictator. To avoid this, dictators, especially...
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Lobbying, Corruption and Other Banes
Campos, Nauro F.; Giovannoni, Francesco - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2008
Although the theoretical literature often uses lobbying and corruption synonymously, the empirical literature associates lobbying with the preferred mean for exerting influence in developed countries and corruption with the preferred one in developing countries. This paper challenges these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529021
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Businessman Candidates: Special-Interest Politics in Weakly Institutionalized Environments
Gehlbach, Scott; Sonin, Konstantin - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
We initiate examination of the political boundaries of the firm by exploring the phenomenon of “businessman candidates”: business owners and managers who bypass conventional means of political influence to run for public office themselves. We argue that in-house production of political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652556
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Votes and Vetoes: The Political Determinants of Commercial Openness
Henisz, Witold J.; Mansfield, Edward D. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
Societal theories of trade policy stress the importance of domestic interest groups, whereas statist theories focus on the effects of domestic institutions. Debates over the relative merits of these approaches have been fierce, but little systematic empirical research has been brought to bear on...
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WAGE DETERMINATION: PRIVATISED, NEW PRIVATE AND STATE OWNED COMPANIES. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA
Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Bishop, Kate - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003
This paper examines the determinants of wage pressure in large companies, including ownership characteristics and the impact of regional labour markets. By using a panel of 329 Polish largest firms during the period 1997- 2001, we find evidence of rent sharing activities, however there is also...
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Explaining Gender Differences in Unemployment with Micro Data on Flows in Post-Communist Economies
Lauerová, Jana Stefanová; Terrell, Katherine - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
Post-communist labor markets provide an interesting laboratory since unemployment rates grew from zero to double digits … determinants of the gender unemployment gap in the Czech Republic using a method that decomposes unemployment rates into transition … (demographic, regional, cyclical) other than gender and marital status affect unemployment. We find that women’s lower probability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652623
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Duration and Risk of Unemployment in Argentina
Galiani, Sebastian; Hopenhayn, Hugo A. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001
After a decade of structural reforms, unemployment rates have tripled in Argentina. This paper is concerned with the … measurement of unemployment risk and its distribution. We show the importance of considering re-incidence in the measurement of … unemployment risk and develop a methodolgy to do that. Our estimates for Argentina show that, though the typical unemployment spell …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784596
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Job Creation, Job Destruction and Growth of Newly Established, Privatized and State-Owned Enterprises in Transition Economies: Survey Evidence from Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
Bilsen, Valentijn; Konings, Jozef - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1997
This paper reports new and unique firm level survey evidence to investigate the micro economic nature of the growth process and structural change in three transition countries, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. In particular we investigate gross job creation and destruction in newly established...
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Decentralisation of Active Labour Market Policy: The Case of Swedish Local Employment Service Committees.
Lundin, M.; Skedinger, P. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
Decentralisation of decision-making in active labour market policy makes it possible to use local information to the fullest, but may also impinge on the fulfilment of national objectives, as suggested by principal-agent theory. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a Swedish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639311
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Labor Market Flexibility in Central and East Europe
Svejnar, Jan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
I explore the extent to which insufficient labor market flexibility is an important factor causing Central and East European (CEE) economies to perform worse than they could and hence slowing down their readiness to enter the European Union. My conclusion is that labor market flexibility is an...
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