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Decentralization, corruption, and the role of democracy
(2015-08)
In this paper, I consider how the level of democracy moderates the relationship between decentralization and corruption. While there is an expectation within the policy community that decentralization prevents corruption, ...
Nepotism and Meritocracy
(2014-12)
Despite the crucial importance of a well-functioning and impartial public administration for growth and well-being, we know little of how such bureaucracies can be created, and why elites allow them to be. One reason for ...
Fetal Alcohol syndrome in adulthood - Psychological, psychosocial, and neuropsychological aspects of life in individuals who were prenatally exposed to alcohol
(2016-05-26)
Alcohol’s teratogenic effect on the developing fetal brain is devastating, resulting in, for instance, structural abnormalities as well as behavioral and neuropsychological impairments in the child. The umbrella term Fetal ...
Endogenous Bureaucracy
(2015-02)
By manipulating administrative institutions, political leaders can indirectly control the policy preferences
that are carried out and enforced within a polity. In this paper, I suggest that precisely for this reason, ...
Normer som skaver - Hbtq-personers sociala arbetsmiljö i Göteborgs Stad
(2018)
På uppdrag av Göteborgs Stad har denna studie genomförts med syfte att få en överblick över hur hbtq-personer som arbetar i kommunen upplever sin sociala arbetsmiljö, samt vilka konsekvenser arbetsmiljön får för hbtq-personers ...
Styrmedlens outtalade politik. En studie av New Orleans kulturekonomiska landskap
(School of Public Administration/Förvaltningshögskolan, 2015)
New Orleans har länge varit en av den nordamerikanska kontinentens stora kulturmetropoler. Det är också en stad där kulturpolitiken länge utformats för att det rika kulturarvet – bland annat i form av musik, mat, arkitektur ...
Choosing from the Menu of Manipulation: Explaining Incumbents’ Choices of Electoral Manipulation Tactics
(2016)
How do political actors choose between different tactics of electoral manipulation, and how does the context in which elections take place shape those decisions? In this paper we argue that choices for specific manipulative ...
Violence and the Costs of Honesty: Rethinking bureaucrats’ choice to take bribes
(2015-02)
Explanations for bureaucrats’ decisions to take bribes have evolved from accounts of incentives to focusing on expectations of others’ behavior. However, there are plausibly more considerations when making such choices in ...
Åsikter om vindkraft och andra energikällor i Västra Götaland 2013 : Forskningsprojektet ENERGIOPINIONEN I SVERIGE
(SOM-institutet, 2014-12-01)
Bureaucratic Structure, Regulatory Quality and Entrepreneurship in a Comparative Perspective: Cross-Sectional and Panel Data Evidence
(2014-07)
This paper examines the effect of meritocratic recruitment and tenure protection in public bureaucracies on regulatory quality and business entry rates in a global sample. Utilizing a cross-country measure on the extent ...