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Political Partisanship and State‐Level Bank Efficiency

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between political partisanship and commercial bank efficiency in the United States from 1972 to 2020, assessing the persistent influence of political affiliations at the state and District of Columbia levels. Bank efficiency scores are estimated using a double‐bootstrap approach, and the analysis is conducted within
Jeremy Eng‐Tuck Cheah, Tapas Mishra, Sofia Johan, Thao Ngoc Nguyen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review: Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Magnificent and Beggar Land: Angola since the Civil War (2015)

Africa Spectrum, 2015
Review of the monograph: Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Magnificent and Beggar Land: Angola since the Civil War, London: Hurst, 2015, ISBN 9781849042840, 288 ...
Jon Schubert
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Do robots boost productivity? A quantitative meta‐study

Journal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This meta‐study analyzes the productivity effects of industrial robots. More than 1800 estimates from 85 primary studies are collected. The meta‐analytic evidence suggests that robotization has so far provided, at best, a small boost to productivity. There is strong evidence of publication bias in the positive direction.
Florian Schneider
wiley   +1 more source

NGOs, International Donors, and the Postmaterial Disjuncture in Latin America

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2015
NGOs have proliferated in the developing world, assuming key political roles as intermediary organizations representing public interests. Yet at least in the three Latin American countries examined here, the proportion of the NGO sector focused on ...
Samuel Handlin
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Macroeconomic Effects of Public Investment in EMDEs: Nonlinear Effects of the Business Cycle, Fiscal Space, Capital Stock and Efficiency

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines the macroeconomic effects of public investment in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). To this end the analysis develops a new measure of public investment shocks based on cyclically adjusted government investment.
Amat Adarov, Benedict Clements, João Tovar Jalles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Japan’s Development Ambitions for Myanmar: The Problem of “Economics before Politics”

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
Myanmar and Japan have had an important shared history since the Pacific War, when Japan occupied the British colony of Burma and established the country’s first postcolonial state and army.
Donald M. Seekins
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Stochastic Simulation Model for Forecasting Index‐Linked Public Expenditure

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper introduces a system dynamics (SD) model for analyzing public sector cost growth, where costs are tied to indices. The SD model isolates the effects of automatic indexation, providing probabilistic projections of expenditure growth. It enables testing of alternative indexation strategies and cost‐reduction measures. Findings show how
Miia Rissanen, Jyrki Savolainen, Mikael Collan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: Barr, Michael D.: The Ruling Elite of Singapore: Networks of Power and Influence

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
Book Review of the monograph by Barr, Michael D. (2014), The Ruling Elite of Singapore: Networks of Power and Influence. London: I. B. Tauris, ISBN-13 978-1780762340, 224 pages. With The Ruling Elite of Singapore, Barr makes a significant contribution to
Jan Seifert
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The Contribution of Educational Changes to Fertility Declines in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Studies in Family Planning, EarlyView.
Abstract Educational expansion is widely regarded as a central mechanism in fertility transitions, yet some research suggests its role may be more modest. This study analyzes birth histories from 414 surveys in 72 low‐ and middle‐income countries to reassess the contribution of the shift in the educational composition of the population to fertility ...
Bruno D. Schoumaker, David A. Sánchez‐Páez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

News Media Consumption and Political Behavior in Latin America

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2015
News media are an important factor in any democratic society. Research focused on developed democracies has paved the way for analysis in the context of less well-developed democracies.
Ryan Salzman
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