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The impact of local financial development and corruption control on firm efficiency in Vietnam: evidence from a geoadditive stochastic frontier analysis
No full textRepurposing the Heart of State-Owned Enterprises towards the Public Purpose: The Role of Non-Financial Reporting and Public Corporate Governance Codes
No full textImproving schooling through effective governance? The United States, Canada, South Korea, and Singapore in the struggle for PISA scores
No full textExploring the determinants of reinvestment decisions: Sense of personal responsibility, preferences, and loss framing
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Research and Development Agenda for the Use of AI in Parliaments
No full textParliaments can use artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-based applications for their work. However, there are currently few concrete visions for the use of AI in parliamentary work. A broad research and development agenda is needed for professional use of AI in parliaments. This study takes a two-step approach that includes brainstorming with experts and workshops with selected national parliaments to gain an overview of the application areas of AI in parliaments and to create a roadmap for AI adoption. The result is a list of 210 proposals for the use of AI in parliaments that will serve as a foundation for academia and the parliamentary community to constructively shape parliamentary work with AI
Beyond Contemporary Parliamentary Practice - Unfolding the institutional potential of Artificial Intelligence
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Studies about the Role of Governance and Violent Conflicts in Society and Economics
No full textThis thesis studies the question: Why are developed countries rich and developing countries poor? I asked myself this question for the first time during my volunteer service in Central America. Therefore, I analyze the role of governance and violent conflicts in society and economics. It consists of four scientific papers: The first paper investigates the impact of governance on inward foreign direct investment. FDI is important for socioeconomic development because it represents a significant channel of capital, knowledge, and technology transfer. The second paper examines the effect of financial development and ethnic heterogeneity on regional consumption risk-sharing in Ukraine. Consumption risk-sharing is a relevant socioeconomic approach to smoothen negative income shocks. The third paper reviews the impact of governance on populist rhetoric. This is crucial because populist trends can be obstructive to socioeconomic development. Finally, the fourth paper correlates the drug war with regional social capital in Mexico. Social capital, i.e., trust, is a foundation for socioeconomic development. The results show: (1) Governance indicators are important determinants of inward FDI for 38 developed countries. In comparison, for 79 developing countries, another country characteristic – the mean tariff rate – is more important than the institutional setting. (2) In Ukraine, regional consumption risk-sharing is significantly higher in the regions with a large Russian minority. In contrast, the degree of financial development does not affect the regional degree of consumption risk-sharing. (3) Governance indicators are important determinants of mitigating populist rhetoric for 40 developing and developed countries. Moreover, we document a positive spatial correlation for populist rhetoric. (4) In Mexico, regional social capital is significantly lower in regions that experience a high degree of violence due to the drug war. Moreover, we document a positive spatial correlation for social capital. Overall, it can be stated that governance is an important determinant for economic development and the well-being of the society, whereas violent conflicts lead to a deterioration in economic and social welfare as the case studies of Ukraine (War in Donbas) and Mexico (drug war) show