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The present paper systematizes the results of various theoretical studies into the possibilities of enhancing company competitiveness through application of the concept of differentiated products. The theory of product competitiveness is a fundamental and the most important part of the theory of...
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In a multi-project contract environment with a single agent who is subject to limited liability, the optimality of performance bundling across all projects is well established: The agent should be rewarded only if all projects are successful. In this paper, we study performance bundling across...
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This study investigates the differential effectiveness of cultural values and normative beliefs as predictors of behavior in a competitive group decision-making task in three countries, Israel, Japan, and the United States. Its purpose is to test hypotheses about how cultural values and norms...
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The traditional school of economic policy analysis predicts that globalisation will give rise to predatory competition between the governments of the European nation states. The consequence is anticipated to be a marked reduction in, if not the destruction of, the benevolent Welfare State. The...
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From the standpoint of policies, the different branches of economics may be aggregated into two categories: dirigiste and laissez fairist. Dirigiste theories in economics have been based primarily on the complexity of commodities: this allows commodities to be ranked according to the...
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Why does the current wave of globalization create more public concern/opposition than previous rounds of trade … liberalization? This paper identifies a key difference between globalization and trade liberalization that could be responsible for … it. It is shown that while both globalization and trade liberalization create inter-sector income distribution, the …
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Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of U.S. politics? Analyzing multiple measures of political expression and results of congressional and presidential elections spanning the period 2000 through 2016, we find strong though not definitive evidence of an ideological...
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This paper empirically studies the role of trade globalization in shifting the electoral base towards populism. We … differences. Our results indicate that trade globalization increases support for populist parties, besides fostering a tendency to …
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