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Pro‐Market Economic Reforms and Resource Curse: Do Initial Conditions Matter?

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The quality of economic institutions plays a crucial role in enhancing a country's economic performance, leading international organisations to recommend pro‐market institutional reforms as a strategy to support economic development. This paper investigates how the natural resource curse affects pro‐market reforms, analysing a sample of 90 ...
Isaac Amedanou, Kwamivi Mawuli Gomado
wiley   +1 more source

Voting in Ruins: Examining the Effect of a Tornado on Voting Behavior Toward Coalition Government Parties

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The electoral effects of natural disasters have gained increasing importance in recent research. This paper analyzes the impact of an unprecedentedly strong tornado on the electoral results of coalition government parties in the 2021 Czech general election.
Jakub Jusko, Peter Spáč
wiley   +1 more source

Presidential address

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2013
openaire   +3 more sources

The War of the Pacific and Chilean public revenues: Reallocation of the tax burden and institutional change

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A substantial body of literature has considered warfare a fundamental driver of fiscal capacity. We argue that the nature of the tax base available to governments can either foster or constrain the ability and incentives of central elites to impose their legitimacy once the war is over.
Oriol Sabaté, José Peres‐Cajías
wiley   +1 more source

Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source

Do Politically Connected Board Members Influence Firms' Debt Choices? Public Debt Versus Bank Debt

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a unique hand‐collected data set on the political connections of board members of S&P 1500 companies, we find that board members with stronger government ties are positively associated with firms' preference for public debt over bank debt.
Mustapha Douch, Fernando Moreira, Gan Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bret/BRAT

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Nicholas Smart
wiley   +1 more source

Reputation and Asset Prices: Evidence From Trump Real Estate

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of brand reputation on asset prices by exploiting the prominence of Donald Trump in Manhattan real estate. Our quasi‐experiment identifies a 14.5% discount to condominiums in Trump‐branded buildings after controversies surrounding Trump's presidential candidacy began in June 2015 up to 2022.
Marlene Koch, Simon Stehle, Rémi Vivès
wiley   +1 more source

Reading and relating with Frieda Fromm‐Reichmann and Joanne Greenberg

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Joshua Pugh
wiley   +1 more source

Share Repurchases and Investment Policies

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our study examines the claim that share repurchases lead to reductions in real investments. Repurchase opponents argue that managers forego valuable investments to conduct opportunistic repurchases, while proponents argue that repurchases return excess cash to shareholders.
Paul Brockman, Hye Seung (Grace) Lee, Jesus M. Salas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source