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作者：Schuster, J. W. Christian
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
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作者：Hahm, Sung Deuk; Jung, Kwangho; Lee, Sam Youl
作者单位：Korea University; Seoul National University (SNU); Yonsei University
摘要：The entry and exit of ministers has been of primary interest to students of political science and public management in Western countries. Responding to the lack of research on the entry and exit of ministers in non-Western countries, this article examined determinants of both the entrance and exit of ministers in Korea from the life cycle point of view based on the Korean Ministerial Database from 1980 to 2008. We argued that as the Korean presidency shifts from an imperialistic to a democrati...
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作者：Woolcock, Michael
作者单位：The World Bank; Harvard University
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作者：Royo, Sebastian
作者单位：Suffolk University
摘要：This article analyzed the impact of the global crisis on the Spanish financial system between 2008 and 2010. It shows that, overall, the performance of the largest Spanish financial institutions was positive. The article examined why, and outlined some lessons. It contendedthat this response was largely driven by institutional, political, and cultural factors. At the same time, the article showed that as the crisis intensified, Spain's banking sector could not escape its dramatic effects. Dete...
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作者：Johnston, Michael
作者单位：Colgate University
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作者：Hauray, Boris
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作者：Linde, Jonas; Erlingsson, Gissur O.
作者单位：University of Bergen; Linkoping University
摘要：Sweden is consistently found at the top in international indices of corruption. In recent years, however, several instances of corruption have been exposed, and surveys show that large shares of Swedish citizens harbor perceptions that public corruption is widespread. Drawing on recent surveys, two questions are asked. First, to what extent do Swedish citizens believe that corruption constitutes a serious problem? Second, how do citizens' evaluations of the extent of public corruption affect s...
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作者：Scheppele, Kim Lane
作者单位：Princeton University
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作者：Christensen, Johan
作者单位：European University Institute
摘要：Why did New Zealand adopt one of the most neoliberal tax systems in the world, whereas Ireland pursued a heterodox tax policy of low rates, deep deductions, and distortionary tax incentives? The diverging tax policy trajectories of these two small liberal market economies since 1980 are not well accounted for by conventional ideational, partisan, or political-institutional explanations. The article argues that the varying degree of neoliberal reform is better understood as the result of differ...
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作者：Raudla, Ringa
作者单位：Tallinn University of Technology
摘要：The goal of this article is to analyze the challenges involved in contracting for policy advice with the example of performance budgeting reform in Estonia in 2009-2011. The Estonian Ministry of Finance has sought to prepare a major change in the budgeting system by outsourcing the analytical preparation of different aspects of the reform to various private sector organizations. The case study seeks to identify the challenges and pitfalls involved in contracting for policy and management advic...
