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Investigating the effects of privatization in transition countries is the focus of a large body of current research. Generally,
privatization stimulates private sector development, attracts foreign direct investment, fosters competition and contributes
to the formation of stock markets. In addition, privatization may improve individual enterprises’ performance. This paper
investigates the impact of privatization on Ukrainian firms’ productivity. The empirical research is based on a sample of
466 Ukrainian joint-stock enterprises for the period of 1997–1999. Estimation results indicate that privatization positively
influences labor productivity, sales and profitability, but also that these effects diminish over time.
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This article provides the background to an international project on use of force by the police that was carried out in seven
countries. Force is often considered to be the defining characteristic of policing and much research has been conducted on
the determinants, prevalence and control of the use of force, particularly in the United States. However, little work has
looked at police officers’ own views on the use of force, in particular the way in which they justify it. Using a hypothetical
encounter developed for this project, researchers in each country conducted focus groups with police officers in which they
were encouraged to talk about the use of force. The results show interesting similarities and differences across countries
and demonstrate the value of using this kind of research focus and methodology.
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This article focuses on a research project conducted in six jurisdictions: England, The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Venezuela,
and Brazil. These societies are very different ethnically, socially, politically, economically, historically and have wildly
different levels of crime. Their policing arrangements also differ significantly: how they are organised; how their officers
are equipped and trained; what routine operating procedures they employ; whether they are armed; and much else besides. Most
relevant for this research, they represent policing systems with wildly different levels of police shootings, Police in the
two Latin American countries represented here have a justified reputation for the frequency with which they shoot people,
whereas at the other extreme the police in England do not routinely carry firearms and rarely shoot anyone. To probe whether
these differences are reflected in the way that officers talk about the use of force, police officers in these different jurisdictions
were invited to discuss in focus groups a scenario in which police are thwarted in their attempt to arrest two youths (one
of whom is a known local criminal) by the youths driving off with the police in pursuit, and concludes with the youths crashing
their car and escaping in apparent possession of a gun, It might be expected that focus groups would prove starkly different,
and indeed they were, but not in the way that might be expected. There was little difference in affirmation of normative and
legal standards regarding the use of force. It was in how officers in different jurisdictions envisaged the circumstances
in which the scenario took place that led Latin American officers to anticipate that they would shoot the suspects, whereas
officers in the other jurisdictions had little expectation that they would open fire in the conditions as they imagined them
to be.
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The paper examines the flow of highly skilled workers employed by foreign companies in Hungary. It explores the relationship
between foreign direct investment (FDI) and tacit knowledge flows through the mobility of highly qualified workers in this
age of globalisation. The paper shows that mobility is a very important factor in the transfer of knowledge linked to the
movement of capital—to FDI. The paper analyses the potential transfer of knowledge and skills from advanced market economies
to Hungarian companies as accompanying FDI. The analysis is based on a pioneering survey on business-led mobility.
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After decades of neglect, a growing number of scholars have turned their attention to issues of crime and criminal justice
in the rural context. Despite this improvement, rural crime research is underdeveloped theoretically, and is little informed
by critical criminological perspectives. In this article, we introduce the broad tenets of a multi-level theory that links
social and economic change to the reinforcement of rural patriarchy and male peer support, and in turn, how they are linked
to separation/divorce sexual assault. We begin by addressing a series of misconceptions about what is rural, rural homogeneity
and commonly held presumptions about the relationship of rurality, collective efficacy (and related concepts) and crime. We
conclude by recommending more focused research, both qualitative and quantitative, to uncover specific link between the rural
transformation and violence against women.
This paper was presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, California. Some
of the research reported here was supported by National Institute of Justice Grant 2002-WG-BX-0004 and financial assistance
provided by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Vice President for Research at Ohio University. Arguments
and findings included in this article are those of the authors and do not represent the official position of the US Department
of Justice or Ohio University. Please send all correspondence to Walter S. DeKeseredy, e-mail: walter.dekeseredy@uoit.ca.
All of the names of the women who participated in DeKeseredy and colleagues’ rural Ohio study and who are quoted have been
changed to maintain confidentiality.
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The rapid economic growth in China over recent decades has been accompanied by higher levels of crime, but there have been
few studies of the Chinese experience of criminal victimization. A recent victimization survey of a representative sample
of households in Tianjin represents a major effort to fill this gap in the literature. The present paper reviews the research
based on the Tianjin survey along with other studies of crime and criminal victimization in China that have been published
since 1990. We summarize the major findings, discuss the theoretical perspectives and methodological strategies that have
been applied, identify the limitations of the research to date, and offer suggestions for future research.
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In terms of economic regionalism, East Asia lags far behind other major regions. It was only recently that institutionalization
of regional economic integration was started among East Asia countries. However, functional economic integration has continuously
proceeded among East Asian economies even without a region-wide RTA. This paper analyzes the trends of functional economic
integration both in terms of trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) among East Asian economies, and reviews recent developments
of economic regionalism in East Asia. It also addresses the prospects for a region-wide FTA in East Asia and draws some policy
implications for East Asian countries at this juncture of economic regionalism in East Asia.
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One common rationale supporting public financing programs for small firms is that initial public investment creates incentives
for follow-on private investment. However, there does not appear to be a unified statement in the literature describing how
initial public investment creates incentives for follow-on private investment. Focusing on external private investors, we
use a two-stage net present value model to identify four effects from initial public investment on the private decision for
follow-on investment. Our empirical analysis uses a sample of non-venture backed firms entering the SBIR program to examine
how reduced risk, the number of SBIR awards, and size of initial public investment influence the likelihood of follow-on venture
capital investment. We find the probability of follow-on venture capital investment is more likely when firms reach Phase
II of the program, is less likely as firms win multiple Phase I and Phase II awards, and is more likely as the size of initial
public investment in Phase I increases.
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The spectacular business scandals in recent years have led both the legislative and business companies to rethink and redesign
their strategies. This article analyzes the worldwide impact of reforms in economic crime legislation emanating from the USA.
Empirical data are reported showing that the US regulations are generating a spillover effect spreading beyond its sphere
of operation. It is particularly notable that international stock-exchange-listed companies are orienting themselves increasingly
toward the legal standards of the USA.
Translated from the German by Jonathan Harrow, Bielefeld.
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Illegality does not necessarily breed violence. The relationship between illicit markets and violence depends on institutions
of protection. When state-sponsored protection rackets form, illicit markets can be peaceful. Conversely, the breakdown of
state-sponsored protection rackets, which may result from well-meaning policy reforms intended to improve law enforcement,
can lead to violence. The cases of drug trafficking in contemporary Mexico and Burma show how a focus on the emergence and
breakdown of state-sponsored protection rackets helps explain variation in levels of violence both within and across illicit
markets.
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Competition among countries to attract the research and development (R&D) activities of multinational enterprises has increased
substantially during the last years, but the strategies used by governments in this competition still remain largely unexplored.
This paper addresses that gap by proposing a taxonomy of the policy instruments available to stimulate inward R&D-intensive
foreign direct investment (FDI) and presenting the results of a comparative case study of two EU countries: Spain and Ireland.
The main conclusion is that an efficient promotion of R&D-intensive FDI calls for a closer connection between innovation policy
and inward investment promotion, which are two policy areas that have traditionally operated rather separately. In addition,
investment promotion agencies targeting R&D-intensive FDI are advised to reconfigure the scope of services they provide by
placing more emphasis on after-care, since R&D-intensive FDI tends to be evolutionary rather than purely greenfield.
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With the economics of racism of the 1930s and 1950s American South in mind, our essay explores the relationship between the
act of writing and institutional penology. Taking an obscure, but visceral autobiographical account by Paterson and Conrad
( Scottsboro Boy, Garden City Doubleday, 1950), we examine how discipline, punishment, and institutional identity emerge out of publishing, or, as Foucault put it, “the
power of writing.” Narratives of delinquency born out of a racialized penal economy tend to resist attempts to tame the criminal,
making institutional survival a productive discourse, and its articulation, a unique revolutionary act.
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In this paper, we analyze judicial review according to the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz, §§ 243 et seqq.) and
its blocking effect with the help of concepts of cooperative game theory. In particular, we suggest variable qualified majority
rules as ingredients of arrangements which balance the interests of a majority shareholder and of the minority shareholders.
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This paper shows a non-linear relationship between investment and interest rates under uncertainty. Since the interest rate’s
variance is positively related to the investment’s value (through the discount factor) and, generally, is also positively
related to the interest rate’s level, then, at the same time, a negative (classical) and a positive (through the interest
rate’s variance) relationship links interest rates to investment. Hence, an ultimate and even positive relationship between
investment and interest rates’ (expected) level may occur. A specific model is proposed and the conditions upon which the
positive effect occurs are derived. Some estimates are also proposed.
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The problem of corporate crime rates has been the subject of debate, speculation and operationalization for decades, largely
stemming from the complexity of measuring this type of crime. Examining corporate environmental crime poses challenges and creates opportunities for advancing the discussion of corporate crime rates, but criminologists
are less familiar with environmental data. In the current paper, we review the strengths and weaknesses of existing environmental
data that can be used to construct the components of an environmental crime rate. We also present a corporate environmental
crime rate derived from data on violations of the Clean Water Act and describe problems with using it in real world data.
Implications for theory, practice and future research are discussed.
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Among various kinds of corruption in China, corruption of the First-in-Command (FIC) is most pernicious, threatening the legitimacy
of the Chinese Communist Party and the stability of the state. This paper examines several specific institutional arrangements
under China’s current political structure, including the people’s congress, the ruling party system, and the collective leadership
team system, to see how they have contributed to power overconcentration in the hands of FICs. This is done in a two-round
process: first through the collective leadership team and then by the gestating decision-making rule. The paper also assesses
four institutional innovations designed to prevent FIC corruption.
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We ask whether informal interactions between university and industry scientists result in collaborative research. Using data
from a national survey of tenured and tenure-track scientists and engineers in U.S. research extensive universities, we demonstrate
that university scientists’ informal interactions with private sector companies increase both the likelihood and intensity
of collaborative research with industry.
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A large body of evidence suggests that financial development is greater in countries that impose stricter regulatory requirements
on their major stock exchanges, but this leaves open the question of whether or not such regulation should be uniformly applied
to all equity trading platforms within a country. On the one hand, regulatory variation permits a wider choice of investment opportunities for investors, lowers
the cost of capital for some firms, and enhances price discovery and efficiency. On the other hand, the presence of lightly
regulated exchanges can potentially have adverse spillover implications for a country’s other financial markets.
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This article offers a new perspective on the assessment, treatment and management of adults who are violent to their partners.
Using a worked case example, it describes how a solution-focused approach is used to develop, and evidence, safety for all
family members.
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