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The alliance formation puzzle and capacity constraints [PDF]

The formation of an alliance in conflict situations is known to suffer from a collective action problem and from the potential of internal conflict. We show that budget constraints of an intermediate size can overcome this strong disadvantage and explain
Konrad, Kai A., Kovenock, Dan
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Firms and the welfare state: the emergence of new forms of unemployment [PDF]

The goal of this paper is to provide the elements of a unitary analytical framework that incorporates the findings of two bodies of literature which, so far, havedeveloped independently: comparative models of the political economy that distinguish ...
Mares, Isabela
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Non-binding minimum taxes may foster tax competition [PDF]

In a Stackelberg framework of capital income taxation it is shown that imposing a minimum tax rate that is lower than all countries' equilibrium tax rates in the non-cooperative equilibrium may reduce equilibrium tax rates in all countries.
Konrad, Kai A.
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Civil society in educational governance. Different roles and their significance for cooperation with schools

Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Bildungswissenschaften
As civil society engagement in schools becomes increasingly important, there is a need for a conceptual framework to position civil society actors within educational governance.
Jana Priemer
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Delay in contests [PDF]

Why is there delay in contests? In this paper we follow and extend the line of reasoning of Carl von Clausewitz to explain delay. For a given contest technology, delay may occur if there is an asymmetry between defense and attack, if the expected change ...
Bester, Helmut, Konrad, Kai A.
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Doing Science—Doing Gender. The Making and the Unmaking of Scientists

Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2004
Reasons for the marginalization of women in science cannot exclusively be found in the abstract sphere of cultural dispositions, but also in the concrete everyday practice of science itself.
Sandra Beaufaÿs
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Subsidiary redefinition: Charter loss in a German-owned subsidiary in Hungary [PDF]

Based on a literature review and a single case study approach, this paper provides insights into the actors, interests and dynamics of charter losses. It reports the results of interviews with 20 managers at different units of Siemens ICN (Information ...
Dörrenbächer, Christoph, Gammelgaard, Jens   +1 more
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Conference Report: Rechtsextremismusforschung – aktuelle Tendenzen empirischer Untersuchungen [Research on Right-wing Extremism—Latest Trends in Empirical Studies]

Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2004
During this workshop scholars presented new, mainly empirical studies which explored different aspects of right-wing extremism in Germany. While a number of talks focused on political strategies and modern forms of organization of local neo-Nazi scenes ...
Janina Söhn
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How to evaluate German unification? [PDF]

The title of this contribution is a question with a double meaning: On the one hand it refers to the method, on the other hand it refers to the results of German unification.
Zapf, Wolfgang
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Forming ideal types by understanding. Application to the psychoanalytic treatment of suicidal men [PDF]

, 2010
This paper discusses the application of a qualitative methodology—forming ideal types by understanding—to the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of suicidal men. The paper focuses on a particular phase of the methodology: the validation through external expert
Briggs, Stephen, Lindner, Reinhard
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