Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 12,744
Cover Image
Nationalism and international trade: theory and evidence
Lan, Xiaohuan; Li, Ben - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
international trade. Nationalistic sentiments respond to economic interests, and in particular they vary according to the relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647309
Cover Image
Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment
Clapp, Jennifer; Dauvergne, Peter - The MIT Press
Conference of 2009. Topics covered include the environmental implications of globalization; wealth, poverty, and consumption …; global trade; transnational corporations; and multilateral and private finance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008919680
Cover Image
Inequality and anti-globalization backlash by political parties
Burgoon, Brian - In: European Union Politics 14 (2013) 3, pp. 408-435
suggesting that it can. The article analyses party opposition to and support for trade openness, European Union integration and … inequality tends to increase anti-globalization positions of parties, net of pro-globalization positions, an effect that does not … significantly differ across party families or levels of actual globalization. This effect, however, does depend on, and is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010698609
Cover Image
Distributive Politics in a Strong Party System: Evidence from Canadian Job Grant Programs
Crampton, Eric - EconWPA - 2002
The distributive politics literature following Weingast (1979) predicts majoritarian redistribution within countries governed by strong party systems. This prediction is tested using evidence from Canadian job creation grant programs active during the mid-1990s. Results provide strong evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005135103
Cover Image
A Future beyond HIV/AIDS? Health as a Political Commodity in Botswana
Bochow, Astrid - In: Africa Spectrum 50 (2015) 1, pp. 25-47
Referencing scholarly debates on humanitarianism and specifically HIV interventions, this article analyses the commodification of health in Botswana’s political arena throughout the HIV pandemic and beyond, contributing to a re-evaluation of the distribution of public wealth and international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272646
Cover Image
Individual Attitudes towards Immigrants: Welfare-State Determinants Across Countries
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper analyzes welfare-state determinants of individual attitudes towards immigrants - within and across countries - and their interaction with labor-market drivers of preferences. We consider two different mechanisms through which a redistributive welfare system might adjust as a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233856
Cover Image
The determinants of social spending in Spain (1880-1960): Is Lindert right?
Barroso, Sergio Espuelas; Rodriguez, Margarita Vilar - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2008
The main objective of this paper is to analyse the origins of the welfare state in Spain using the theoretical framework designed by Peter Lindert. With this aim, we offer an econometric analysis of the factors that determined the evolution of the Spanish social spending between 1880 and 1960....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022348
Cover Image
Does the Welfare State Affect Individual Attitudes towards Immigrants? Evidence Across Countries
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2007
This paper analyzes welfare-state determinants of individual attitudes towards immigrants - within and across countries - and their interaction with labor-market drivers of preferences. We consider two different mechanisms through which a redistributive welfare system might adjust as a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357807
Cover Image
Flexicurity in the European Union: flexibility for outsiders, security for insiders
Van Vliet, Olaf; Nijboer, Henk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Flexicurity is at the heart of European policy debates. Its aim is to overcome the tensions between labour market flexibility on the one hand, and the provision of social security for workers on the other hand. To date, there is little insight into whether flexicurity policies have been adopted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652040
Cover Image
Who are the outsiders and what do they want? Welfare state preferences in dualized societies
Häusermann, Silja; Schwander, Hanna - Centre d'études européennes (CEE) at Sciences Po, Paris - 2011
This paper makes three contributions. First, it presents a new conceptualization and measurement of outsider-status, which is based on social class and which takes into account that the category of outsiders is composed differently in different countries, depending on labor markets and welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216687