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THE POLITICAL COMPETITION OF MINORITY PARTIES IN SLOVAKIA: THE DECLINE OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF PARTIES REPRESENTING THE HUNGARIAN MINORITY [PDF]
Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences, 2016 The political parties representing Hungarian minority in Slovakia have always played significant role in the Slovak party system which had been closely associated with the substantive number of ethnic Hungarians living in the country.
Jaroslav Mihálik, Viera Žúborová
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Rethinking European Competition Law: From a Consumer Welfare to a Capability Approach
Utrecht Law Review, 2016 European competition law is predominantly focused on maximizing consumer welfare. This overarching purpose (which is supported by economic theory) leaves little place for safeguarding non-economic values, such as sustainability.
Rutger Claassen, Anna Gerbrandy
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Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, 2022 This paper presents evidence of the influence of political competition on the behavior of fiscal policy in Argentine provinces from 1987 to 2015. Contrary to the predominant theory and empirical evidence from subnational districts my estimations of a ...
Osvaldo Meloni
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Political competition, electoral participation and local fiscal performance
Development Studies Research, 2021 Existing literature argues that political competition and electoral participation influence government efficiency. However, empirical evidence on the matter for developing countries is scant and mixed.
Daniela Ariza Marín +2 more
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Politics, Investor Protection and Competition [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 External finance is critical for less established entrepreneurs, so poor investor protection can hinder competition. We model how lobbying by incumbents may reduce access to finance in countries where politicians are less accountable to voters. In a broad cross-section of countries and industries, we find that (i) the number of producers and entry ...
Perotti, E., Volpin, P.
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Comment gouverner une population invisible ?
Métropoles, 2014 One of the main objects of the literature on local government was the analysis of relationships between urban governments and social and economic groups.
Francesca Artioli
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Media competition and electoral politics [PDF]
Journal of Public Economics, 2013 We build a framework linking competition in the media market to political participation. Media outlets report on the ability of candidates running for office and compete for audience through their choice of slant. Citizens consume news only if the expected utility of being informed about candidates' ability is sufficiently large for their group ...
Piolatto, Amedeo, Schuett, Florian
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Universalism and uniqueness in contemporary soft power strategies [PDF]
Przegląd Europejski, 2021 The author analyses the principles and regularities of the competition of soft power strategies of different states as an actual problem of comparative politics.
Vladimir G. Ivanov
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Efficiency, Welfare, and Political Competition * [PDF]
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014 Abstract We study political competition in an environment in which voters have private information about their preferences. Our framework covers models of income taxation, public-goods provision, or publicly provided private goods. Politicians are vote-share maximizers.
Felix Bierbrauer, Pierre C. Boyer
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Utrecht Law ReviewThe European Union’s commitment to a social market economy requires balancing competition and social protection. This tension is particularly evident for digital labour platforms, where self-employed workers often find themselves in a precarious position.
Gabriël van Rosmalen
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