REV - EJGE - Vol. 01, Nº 02, 2012
Recent Submissions
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External economies of scale, government purchasing commitment and welfare improvements in the vaccines industry
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)[Abstract] Some industries exhibit external economies of scale. In these cases,the introduction of self-financing tax subsidy programmes canimprove social welfare. This paper advocates intervention incompetitive markets ... -
Can the modernisation of a public employment service be an effective labour market intervention?: The Hungarian experience, 2004-2008
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)[Abstract] The Public Employment Service often delivers much of the employment policy including active labour market programmes in many member states in the EU, yet we know little about its effectiveness in general. This ... -
Corruption and Growth: Evidence from the Italian regions
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)[Abstract] This paper investigates the impact of corruption on economic growth in the Italian Regions. We estimate a dynamic growth model for the period 1980-2004 addressing both the potential bias of the measures of ... -
Can exit prizes induce lame ducks to shirk less? Experimental evidence
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)[Abstract] Elected representatives serving their final period face only weak incentives to provide costly effort. However, overlapping generations (OLG) models suggest that exit prizes sustained by trigger strategies can ... -
Editorial statement: The first year of the European Journal of Government and Economics
(Universidade da Coruña, Servizo de Publicacións, 2012)[Abstract] In this editorial statement we present a balance of the first year of life of the European Journal of Government and Economics. We discuss the main developments that concern the journal’s indexation by academic ...
