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The institutional environment has a significant impact on the location of overseas investments by multinational enterprises (MNEs). However, there remain two research gaps.
Huiyun Shen +3 more
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Political competition and economic policy: empirical evidence from Pakistan
The influence of politics on economic policy is not fully understood. The challenge to ensure political inclusiveness and economic prosperity remains. Perhaps, one way to attain this objective is by increasing political competition.
Chaudhry Ahmed, Mazhar Ummad
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The Subnational Human Development Database [PDF]
AbstractIn this paper we describe the Subnational Human Development Database. This database contains for the period 1990–2017 for 1625 regions within 161 countries the national and subnational values of the Subnational Human Development Index (SHDI), for the three dimension indices on the basis of which the SHDI is constructed – education, health and ...
Smits, Jeroen, Permanyer, Iñaki
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While subnational governments in federal systems are often treated as potentially autonomous policy jurisdictions, central governments have traditionally held exclusive authority over trade policy.
Maria Helena Guimarães, Michelle Egan
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In reality, subnational governments suffer from moral hazard, creating uncertainty which, in turn, causes economic inefficiency. The behavior of subnational governments cannot be observed by the central government.
Kun Haribowo
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National Institutions and Subnational Development in Africa * [PDF]
AbstractWe investigate the role of national institutions on subnational African development in a novel framework that accounts for both local geography and cultural-genetic traits. We exploit the fact that the political boundaries on the eve of African independence partitioned more than 200 ethnic groups across adjacent countries subjecting similar ...
Papaioannou, E, Michalopoulos, S
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Development of Paradiplomacy in North America
Subnational governments have become increasingly relevant actors in North America. This article examines international relations between subnational governments and dynamics of governance in the region; specifically, the relations of Canadian provinces ...
Roberto Zepeda Martínez
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infections undeniably continue to have substantial morbidity and mortality in younger children; however, limited data are available on the disease burden of older children and adults and on ETEC epidemiology by ...
Subhra Chakraborty +9 more
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Exploring Subnational Constitutionalism [PDF]
This special issue of the journal is entirely devoted to subnational constitutionalism. To do so, it tries to adopt a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective and to identify constitutional patterns in those federal or regional contexts where subnational polities do not have a legal document formally called “constitution”.
Giuseppe Martinico, Giacomo Delledonne
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Mapping global cereal flows at subnational scales uncovers heterogeneities in sourcing dependencies
Subnational data on both domestic and international cereal flows is essential for understanding food supply chain vulnerabilities, yet no such dataset exists at a global scale.
Shruti Jain
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