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Our hypothesis is proposed to introduce the idea of Leviathan weak, the classical conception of the state is … project that distinguishes three components that contrast with the type of state: (a) the relevance of geography to understand … groups fighting for the dominance of the state on regional geography. Here I limit my search to the first component. Further …
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We provide evidence that local preferences for neighborhood characteristics play an important role in shaping the political economy of residential land-use regulations and their distributional consequences. We leverage a land-use regulation reform in Houston, TX that reduced the minimum lot...
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Japan’s national hospital system, which consists of a combination of private, national, prefectural and metropolitan hospitals, is the largest employers of the of the doctors. The article provides details on the women doctors’ discontinuous workforce participation in the Japanese hospital...
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Under the conditions of frequent changes, of some edifying transformations and perpetual challenges, urban policy undergoes changes/adjustments/updates over certain time intervals. These changes generate increasingly more complex requirements that impose drafting a flexible multidisciplinary...
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This paper studies the relationship between residential property prices and macroeconomic and demographic determinants in Malaysia. In the years following the Asian financial crisis, property prices in Malaysia rose substantially, resulting in an affordability crisis and ultimately policy...
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This paper estimates the effects of organized crime on FDI inflows in 103 Italian Provinces in the period 2004-06. We measure the presence of "organized crime" at provincial level through several indicators, based on data for different kinds of crimes: extortions; "criminal association, included...
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The paper estimates the effects of organized crime on FDI inflows in 103 Italian Provinces in the period 2004-06. The presence of organized crime at provincial level is quantified through several indicators, based on data for different kinds of crimes: extortions; criminal association, included...
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The concept of resilience has gained much attention in recent academic and political discussion. However, its application to specific sectors, such as retail, is rather scarce. The aim of this paper is to present the concept of resilience and to analyse its applicability to the retail sector...
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This paper proposes three aspects to reflect: (1) The State we are in Colombia and the country we want; (2) A much …
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