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More Tickets, Fewer Accidents: How Cash-Strapped Towns Make for Safer Roads

Makowsky, Michael; Thomas, Stratmann - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of injury and death in the U.S. The role of traffic law enforcement in the reduction of accidents has been studied by relatively few papers and with mixed results that may be due to a simultaneity problem. Traffic law enforcement may reduce...

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Self reporting reduces corruption in law enforcement

Motta, Alberto; Burlando, Alfredo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

We consider a model of law enforcement where homogenous, risk neutral, and corruptible inspectors are responsible for monitoring citizens who may have committed criminal acts. A welfare maximizing, budget constrained government can implement appropriate wage policies to prevent collusion, but we...

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Enforcement of Disclosure Requirements: The Bulgarian Case

Tchipev, Plamen D - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

The process of improving Corporate Governance in emerging markets touches on a number of different aspects of the market organization. One essential area is the regulation, scope, timing and of procedure for mandatory disclosure of information. Disclosure is very important for investors, since...

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Factors Determining FDI in Nigeria: Role of Emerging Economies

Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper investigates the determinants of FDI in Nigeria, which is poor in terms of income but rich in natural … resources. This study is an extension of our earlier work (Dinda 2012). Incorporating emerging trade partners of Nigeria in VECM … this paper re-examine the factors determining FDI inflow to Nigeria in this globalized era. The economic activity of the …

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Child labour among Horticultural Households in Bauchi State, Nigeria: A gender perspective

Amao, Ifeoluwapo; Akinlade, Roseline - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The study examined the gender dimension of child labour among horticultural households in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Data …

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Size and liquidity effects in Nigeria: an industrial sector study

Hearn, Bruce - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

of Nigeria. The evidence suggests that liquidity factors are relevant only for financial and basic materials sector …

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Monetary exchange rate model as a long-run phenomenon: evidence from Nigeria

Adawo, Monday A.; Effiong, Ekpeno L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

How well does the monetary exchange rate model explain exchange rate behaviour in Nigeria? Using the Johansen -Juselius … model in Nigeria for the flexible exchange rate regime with quarterly data covering the period 1987 to 2008. We found a … strongly the validity of the monetary exchange rate model for Nigeria and also its relevance to modelling the naira-US dollar …

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