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Varieties of capitalism: the institutional foundations of comparative advantage

Peter A. Hall, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2001 - 
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In this paper, the authors highlight the role of business in national economies and show that there is more than one path to economic success, and explain national differences in social and economic policy.
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What are the most important differences among national economies? Is globalization forcing nations to converge on an Anglo-American model? What explains national differences in social and economic policy? This pathbreaking work outlines a new approach to these questions. It highlights the role of business in national economies and shows that there is more than one path to economic success.

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Taxation, Wage Bargaining, and Unemployment

Isabela Mares
TL;DR: The economic and political consequences of welfare state maturation in contemporary Europe are discussed in this paper, where a quantitative analysis of the economic and social consequences of maturation of the welfare state is presented.
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Risk Inequality and Welfare States: Social Policy Preferences, Development, and Dynamics

Philipp Rehm
TL;DR: The transformation from night-watchman states into welfare states is one of the most notable societal developments in recent history as mentioned in this paper, and the authors of this paper offer a theory that not only explains this remarkable transition but also explains cross-national differences and the role of crises for social policy development.
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How Institutions and Gender Differences in Education Shape Entrepreneurial Activity : A Cross-national Perspective

Selin Dilli, +1 more
- 13 Apr 2018 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the role of gender differences in STEM education at the national level for three stages of the entrepreneurial process: entrepreneurial awareness, the choice of sector for entrepreneurial activity, and entrepreneurial growth aspirations.
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Globalisation and the state: Still room to move?

Layna Mosley
- 01 Sep 2005 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the empirical and theoretical evidence in support of the "race-to-the-bottom" hypothesis and conclude that, while transnational actors, including multinational corporations, institutional investors, banks and non-governmental organisations, undoubtedly influence contemporary national policy making, they have not brought about the demise of the nation-state.
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Visionary, precautionary and constrained ‘varieties of devolution’ in the economic governance of the devolved UK territories

Philip Cooke, +1 more
- 01 Jun 2005 - 
TL;DR: Cooke and Clifton as discussed by the authors explored economic development financing and action, an important policy arena if lesser expenditure field in the devolved administrations, and set evolution of this in historical and theoretical context.