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The Nexus between Financial and Investment developments and State Capacity. The case of G-20 金融和投资发展与国家能力之间的联系。G-20的情况

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2023.100081

Sotirios K. Bellos, Petros Golitsis

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引用次数: 2

The effect of COVID-19 on local government policy implementation: Declines in police reports of domestic violence during lockdowns 新冠肺炎对地方政府政策执行的影响：警方关于封锁期间家庭暴力的报告下降

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2023.100087

Jeremy A. Cook , Timothy W. Taylor

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A study on the welfare equalization effect of China's housing reform 中国住房改革的福利均等化效应研究

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2023.100086

Mengyu Ding , Shaojie Zhou

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Explaining China’s housing vacancies: A theory based on the incentives of local government officials 解释中国住房空置：基于地方政府官员激励的理论

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2023.100077

Tianwang Liu

引用次数: 1

Don't blame me: A theory of politicians choosing policy advisors 别怪我：政客选择政策顾问的理论

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2023.100076

Arthur Fishman , Doron Klunover

引用次数: 1

Only under good governance does public debt improve national income: Evidence from dynamic panel threshold model for Sub-Saharan African countries 只有在良好治理下，公共债务才能提高国民收入：来自撒哈拉以南非洲国家动态面板阈值模型的证据

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2023.100078

Feissal Assoum , Alastaire Sèna Alinsato

引用次数: 2

Unemployment during the pandemic, taxation reforms, China's housing market, and governance of the African economy: Editors’ note to Volumes 9 and 10 of the Journal of Government and Economics 疫情期间的失业、税收改革、中国住房市场和非洲经济治理：《政府与经济杂志》第9卷和第10卷的编者按

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2023.100079

Zhangkai Huang, David Daokui Li

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Weak states and the commons: Fisheries and economic development in the Gaspé Peninsula circa 1830 弱国与公地：1830年左右加斯佩半岛的渔业和经济发展

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2023.100071

Vincent Geloso , Félix Foucher-Paquin

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Tax policy reform and universal basic income effectiveness in a currency union: Implications for long-term growth, inequality, and welfare 货币联盟中的税收政策改革和普遍基本收入有效性：对长期增长、不平等和福利的影响

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2023.100075

Thierry U. KAME BABILLA

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引用次数: 2

A Chinese mayor problem 中国市长问题

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2023.100070

Saku Aura , William A. Brock , Shawn Ni

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