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This paper reports an experiment which compares behaviour in two punishment regimes: (i) a standard public goods game with punishment in which subjects are given the opportunity to punish other group members (democratic punishment regime) and (ii) a public goods game environment where all group...
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We report experimental results from three Colombian villages concerning the impact of a voting mechanism on interpersonal trust and trustworthiness. The vote is purely consultative in that participants are asked to declare in a secret ballot the most “appropriate” plan of action for...
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Zusammenfassung Die drei Essays dieser Dissertation leisten einen Beitrag zum Verständnis der politischen Ökonomie Indonesiens in Zeiten der Dezentralisierung. Vor dem Hintergrund des "Urban Poverty Project 2" (UPP2), einem kommunalen Entwicklungsprojekt in Indonesien, untersucht der erste...
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from 1970 - 2013, taking into account structural breaks. To better reflect causality, corruption and trade are included as … causal direction. Our estimation results suggest GDP growth has one cointegrating vector relationship with corruption, EU aid … to GDP growth and a short-run unidirectional causal relationship from trade to GDP growth. Corruption (which is a …
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Public childcare and educational services are complex services resulting in a relationship that is established between a supplier and a consumer of such services. In 2002 the European Council meeting in Barcelona, established that by 2010, the Member States should develop childcare services for...
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Businesses in the twenty first century are characterized by persistent changes, uncertainties and undue pressure to meet demands and increase productivity. For women entrepreneurs, they are expected to combine this with the statutory responsibility of taking care of their children, families and...
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