For scholars, policy-makers and casual observers, there is no doubt that Morocco has undergone an impressive transformation process since Mohammed VI came to power in 1999. The country projects an image of liberal-democratic modernity and socio-economic progress that the international community...

We study firm responses to a large-scale change in apprenticeship regulation in Colombia. The reform requires firms to train, setting apprentice quotas that vary discontinuously in firm size. We document strong heterogeneity in responses across sectors, where firms in sectors with high skill...

Rund 28% der Haushalte in Luxemburg sind Mieter einer Immobilie, um dort zu wohnen und/oder zu arbeiten. Im geschäftlichen Bereich werden Räumlichkeiten und Grundstücke für gewerbliche, handwerkliche, industrielle Zwecke oder auch zur Ausübung eines selbständigen Berufs gemietet. In allen...

Part I: Public Service Reform Historical Background -- Chapter 1. Historical Background of the Maltese Public Service Administration and Management (The Beginning) -- Chapter 2. Historical Background of the Maltese Public Service Administration and Management (The Turning Point) -- Part II:...

This book explains how Latin American countries consolidate economic governance after serious disruptions to their formal and informal policy making routines. It asserts that the process of institutional change that started as a result of such disruptions resulted in complementary institutions,...

The politics of the Eurozone: Analyses of new data from multiple methodological and theoretical perspectives -- Preference formation and decision-making in the reform of the Eurozone -- Preference formation during the Eurozone Crisis: A cross-national comparison -- Southern Europe and the...

Many governments have engaged in policy experimentation in various forms to resolve uncertainty and facilitate learning. However, little is understood about the characteristics of policy experimentation, and how the structure of experimentation may affect policy learning and policy outcomes. We...

We study conditions under which optimal policy experimentation can be implemented by a committee. We consider a dynamic bargaining game in which committee members choose to implement either a risky reform or a safe alternative with known returns each period. We find that when no redistribution...

"Julia Cagé scrutinizes contemporary democracies and offers a new approach to the crisis of political representation. She proposes radical solutions for political funding and participation, including "Democratic Equality Vouchers" and a "Mixed Assembly" model where disadvantaged socioeconomic...