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Having the government as a client: Does this reduce earnings management of the firm? 有政府作为客户:这会减少公司的盈余管理吗?

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2021.100022

Charmaine Glegg , Oneil Harris , Thanh Ngo , Jurica Susnjara

引用次数: 2

Improving the efficacy of carbon tax policies 提高碳税政策的有效性

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2021.100027

Elie Appelbaum

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引用次数: 3

An overview of the Fed's new credit policy tools and their cushioning effect on the COVID-19 recession 概述美联储新的信贷政策工具及其对COVID-19经济衰退的缓冲作用

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2021.100013

Michael D. Bordo , John V. Duca

引用次数: 7

Human capital and industrialization in Bolivia 玻利维亚的人力资本与工业化

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2021.100017

Fernando De la Cruz Prego

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引用次数: 0

Violent conflicts and state capacity: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa 暴力冲突与国家能力:来自撒哈拉以南非洲的证据

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2021.100019

Adedoyin Babajide , Ahmad Hassan Ahmad , Simeon Coleman

引用次数: 7

Elite Influence on General Political Preferences 精英对一般政治偏好的影响

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2021.100021

Randall G. Holcombe

引用次数: 4

Government and economics in the digital economy 数字经济中的政府和经济

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2021.100020

Michael Spence

引用次数: 22

Why do countries in financial distress strategically delay seeking help? 为什么陷入财政困境的国家会在战略上推迟寻求帮助?

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2021.100006

Theofanis Tsoulouhas

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引用次数: 0

Ownership, Enforcement, and the Effects of Business Environment 所有权、执行和商业环境的影响

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2021.100007

Christine Zhenwei Qiang, He Wang, L. Colin Xu

引用次数: 6

Bono Malum Superate: long-run effects of radical institutional change Bono Malum Superate:激进制度变革的长期影响

Journal of Government and Economics Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jge.2021.100008

Federico Asta , Lela Mélon , Rok Spruk

引用次数: 1