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Drivers of Corruption and Anti-Corruption Policies in Malawi [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives, 2020
This article seeks to establish the drivers of corruption in Malawi amidst the plethora of anti-corruption policies and initiatives. It shows that anti-corruption efforts and policies in Malawi can be traced back to the dawn of the multi-party system in ...
J Tengatenga, S Soyiyo
doaj   +1 more source

Can Citizens Affect the Performance of Their Elected Representatives? A Principal–Agent Model of Strategic Interaction in Democratic Systems

open access: yesMathematics, 2020
According to standard economic theory, human beings are expected to work more and better when benefits in the form of lower costs or higher reward increase.
Giuseppe Lanza   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Position of OLAF in a multi-level governance system of the European Union [PDF]

open access: yesPrzegląd Europejski, 2019
The author aims to investigate the position of OLAF in the multi-level governance system (MLG) of the European Union with specific inter-institutional consequences of such location, assuming that OLAF is not a classical supranational institution.
Janusz Ruszkowski
doaj   +1 more source

Priorities in the Modern Organization of University Science in the Light of the Principal-Agent Theory

open access: yesВысшее образование в России, 2021
The article focuses on the current state of the balance of interests in the field of organizing research activities in Russian universities. The theoretical framework of the research is the theory of the principal-agent, from the position of which the ...
D. G. Sandler   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Principal agent theory and private property rights in China's economic reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
As a contribution to the wider institutional analysis of China’s enterprise reform, this paper analyzed three interrelated problems in the literature.
Yung, P
core   +1 more source

Externalities and the Allocation of Decision Rights in the Theory of the Firm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper views authority as the right to undertake decisions that have external effects on other members of the organization. Because of contractual incompleteness, monetary incentives are insufficient to internalize these effects in the decision maker’
Bester, Helmut
core   +3 more sources

Social Theory and the Sociology of Clientelism: Groundwork for a Gramscian Alternative

open access: yesSociologica
The category “clientelism” captures a very wide variety of political phenomena, wider perhaps than other peer concepts. It also harbors the potential to serve as an alternative to both liberal institutionalism and power elite theory. But recent trends in
Simeon J. Newman
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility and Safety of Somato‐Cognitive Coordination Therapy for Cerebellar Ataxia Following Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cerebellar ataxia after pediatric brain tumor treatment can cause persistent gait, balance, and speech impairment, yet no established rehabilitation strategy exists. Somato‐cognitive coordination therapy (SCCT) is a virtual reality–guided intervention designed to promote sensorimotor integration through visually constrained reaching
Masanobu Takeuchi   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

MAIN CONTRACTOR – SUBCONTRACTOR RELATIONS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF CONTRACT THEORY [PDF]

open access: yesBaltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to study optimal relationships between customer, main contractor, and subcontractor. We make the following assumptions: main contractor and subcontractor have types that specify expenses and outcomes for all actions that can ...
Iryna Nykyforchyn, Nataliia Suduk
doaj   +1 more source

Leukemia and Exposure to Potential Benzene Sources in Children From the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, 2010–2021: A Geospatial Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer in Mexico, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent subtype. Exposure to high concentrations of benzene has been associated with ALL incidence, particularly in urban areas. This study evaluated the relationship between distance to benzene emission sources and the number
Orlando Rivera Zurita   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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