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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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Varieties of Capitalism, Power Resources, and Historical Legacies: Explaining the Slovenian Exception

Stephen Crowley, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2009 - 
TL;DR: The authors explored how Slovenia became a post-communist country and shed light on the debate between varieties of capitalism and power resource theories about how coordinated or neocorporatist economies emerge.
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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: New Evidence from Post-Socialist Transition Countries

Kevin D. Curwin, +1 more
- 01 Mar 2014 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors revisited classic sociological debates regarding the growth effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and showed that FDI penetration reduces economic growth in the short and long term.
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The Interest Ecology of Financial Regulation: Interest Group Plurality in the Design of Financial Regulatory Policies

Stefano Pagliari, +1 more
- 01 Apr 2016 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the broader interest group environment in which financial industry advocacy operates and find evidence that the level of interest group pluralism in financial regulatory policymaking is constrained by the limited mobilization of voices outside of the business community.
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Tax Behavior

Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
- 01 Jan 2008 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that corporations should not engage in strategic behavior that is designed solely to minimize their taxes, while the state should use the corporate tax as a regulatory tool to steer corporate behavior in directions that it deems beneficial to society.
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Italy: rise, decline and restructuring of a regionalized capitalism

Carlo Trigilia, +1 more
- 12 Nov 2009 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose to combine the national and regional dimensions, studying what can be defined as a'regionalized capitalism': a complex and heterogeneous system that entails both remarkable dysfunctions and elements of strength.