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TRADITIONS OF RUSSIAN BUSINESS AND CORPORATE PATRIOTISM

open access: yesMoscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science, 2017
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Why is competition in the European football market failing, and what should be done about it?

open access: yesEconomic Affairs, EarlyView.
Abstract The European football (soccer) market increasingly funnels rents to superstar players and intermediaries while weakening competitive balance. We trace this dynamic to two forces: (a) technological innovation that globalised broadcasting and magnified superstar returns, and (b) legal rulings boosting player mobility and causing bidding wars ...
Magnus Henrekson, Lars Persson
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐lasting health effects of Soviet education

open access: yesEconomica, EarlyView.
Abstract Education systems serve various purposes, including the enhancement of later‐life health, though effects can differ by sociopolitical regime. This paper examines the effect of communist education, which exposed children to a distinct curriculum and ideological content, on later‐life health.
Joan Costa‐Font, Anna Nicińska
wiley   +1 more source

Institutionalisation and Institutional Evolution: A Model of Selecting Government Officials in Ancient China

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The evolution of institutions in selecting government officials in ancient China reflected efficiency considerations and increased power concentration in the hands of the ruler. Selecting government officials in ancient China became more rule‐based over time, and standardisation and centralisation were some key features of this process.
Haiwen Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

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