The ORDO review group was an influential German-speaking liberal school made up of outstanding economists. One those leaders Wilhelm Röpke, who did a critical the political economy development during social policy period. Our aim is to show its advisability in order reconsider role state at «the post-welfarist age». Röpkean thought based on humanistic approach economy, from which he criticized ...

This paper exploits the idiosyncratic line of contact separating Allied and Soviet troops within East Germany at end WWII to study political resistance in a non-democracy. When Nazi surrendered, 40 percent what would become authoritarian German Democratic Republic was initially under control but ceded less than two months later. Brief exposure increased protests during major 1953 uprising. We u...

We note some problems in Alesina and Angeletos (2005) and suggest a way to maintain the key insight of that paper, which is that a demand for fairness could lead to di¤erent economic systems such as those observed in France versus the US (multiple equilibria). JEL classi…cation: D31, E62, H2, P16.

This article aims to analyse the plight of migrant workers in India during Covid 19 pandemic from a political economy perspective. While taking note disruptions and uncertainties drastic lockdown that was announced suddenly, it is argued vulnerabilities labour force are deeply embedded long-term changes development India. These changes, on one hand, have resulted gradual weakening state support...

background: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (escc) is one of the lethal cancers with a high incidence rate in asia. many genes including cyclin d1 and p16 play important role in its carcinogenesis. we aimed to analyze the expressions of cyclin d1 and p16 with the various clinicopathological characteristics of escc.   method: we examined 30 biopsy samples of escc for cyclin d1 and p16 protein...

This paper attempts to portray a synthesis of what has been learned in the past 10 years with regard to the transition process. It contrasts the mainstream “Washington consensus” view of transition with the “evolutionary institutionalist” perspective. It argues that the latter gives a more adequate and complete picture both of the transition processes and of economic systems and is of better he...

In many situations the individuals who can generate some output must enter a contest for appropriating this output. This paper analyses the investment incentives of such agents and the role of incumbency advantages in the contest. Depending on the advantages, an increase in the productivity of the investment can decrease or increase the amount of investment. The results are applied to autocrats...

We generalize the Diamond–Mirrlees production efficiency theorem, that there should be no taxes on sectors producing pure intermediate goods, to an environment with political economy constraints. In our economy, allocations and taxation are decided by self-interested politicians without the power to commit to future policies. The Diamond–Mirrlees production efficiency result holds even when pol...

This paper analyses the role of political connections in the post-entry performance of private start-up companies in China. It documents robust evidence that political affiliation enhances firms’ survival and growth prospects, even if politically neutral start-ups enjoy faster productivity improvements. In addition, the benefits of political connections are largely confined to firms associated ...

We analyze a Colonel Blotto game in which opposing parties have di¤ering relative intensities (i.e. the game is non-zero sum). We characterize the colonels’ payo¤s that sustain a pure strategy equilibrium and present an algorithm that reaches the equilibrium actions (when they exist). Finally we show that the set of games with a pure strategy equilibria is non-empty. JEL Classi…cation: C72, D7,...