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Sustaining fixed rates: The political economy of currency pegs in Latin America
Blomberg, S. Brock; Frieden, Jeffry; Stein, Ernesto - 2005
Government exchange rate regime choice is constrained by both political and economic factors. One political factor is the role of special interests: the larger the tradable sectors exposed to international competition, the less likely is the maintenance of a fixed exchange rate regime. Another...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443326
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Incentive Contracts for Politicians
Liessem, Verena - 2003
The thesis studies the potential of incentive contracts for politicians using game-theoretic methods. Supplementing the election mechanism with these contracts is a new idea to make politicians more accountable. Two types of incentive contracts are considered: a) monetary incentive contracts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476167
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Argentina: the 1997 parliamentary elections (lower house)
Lauga, Martín - 1998
This article analizes the 26 October 1997 Argentinian elections (partial renewal of the lower chamber) from a … historical-comparative perspective. The article also examines the consequences of the elections results on the development of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476191
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Democracy, Crises, and Misconceptions
Beilharz, Hans-Jörg - 2005
We consider misconceptions about the functioning of the economy as one possible explanation for the emergence of crises in democracies. Furthermore, we study a political process which may lead to successful reform. First of all, we show that voters can make inefficient decisions concerning...
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Essays on Budgetary Institutions: Theory and Evidence
Amoroso, Nicolas Emiliano - 2006
The dissertation offers an analysis of the role of budgetary institutions on the determination of fiscal outcomes. In the second chapter I provide a theoretical model that rationalizes differences in fiscal outcomes of two countries that are supposed to obey the same set of numerical constraints...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450941
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Political Economy in a globalized world ; How politics, culture, and institutional incentives shape economic and political outcomes
Gehring, Kai - 2015
Diese kumulative Dissertation besteht aus drei Abschnitten. I. Geopolitics, Aid and Growth Wir untersuchen den Effekt kurzfristiger politischer Motive auf die Effektivität von Entwicklungshilfe. Dabei testen wir, ob der Effekt der Hilfe auf Wirtschaftswachstum reduziert wird durch den Anteil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288105
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Norms in bargaining : evidence from government formation in Spain
Fujiwara, Thomas; Sanz, Carlos
Spanish elections in which two parties tie in the number of seats. The party with slightly more general ... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012530583
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HOW DID POLICY INTERVENTIONS IN WHEAT EXPORT MARKETS IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE DURING THE FOOD CRISIS 2007/2008 INFLUENCE WORLD MARKET PRICE TRANSMISSION?
Goetz, Linde; Glauben, Thomas; Bruemmer, Bernhard - 2010
This paper investigates the impacts of export controls in Russia and Ukraine on wheat worldmarket price transmission … during the 2007/2008 global food crisis. Russia and Ukraine aimedto reduce wheat exports induced by extraordinarily high … errorcorrection model (MSVECM), we find that the temporary export restrictions induced negativeeffects on wheat markets in Russia and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442718
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ON INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AND THE ALLOCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RUSSIA’S TRANSITION
Petrick, Martin - 2010
Der Transformationsprozess Russlands von einer zentralstaatlich geplanten Volkswirtschafthin zu einer Marktwirtschaft nach westlichem Vorbild liefert eine aufschlussreiche Fallstudieüber die von William Baumol (1990) vertretene These der institutionellen Steuerbarkeit vonproduktivem...
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The Role of Corporate Branding in a Market Driving Strategy
Tarnovskaya, Veronika; Elg, Ulf; Burt, Steven Leslie - 2008
an in-depth case study of IKEA at a corporate level and its local market activities in Russia. The single-case approach … “leap” in customer value recognised as a requirement for a market driving approach. Through a case study of IKEA in Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465914