October 2013

Slovenia – Ministry of Economic Development and Technology | October 22, 2013

Stanko Stepišnik, MSc and Patrice Haettel sign financial incentive agreement

Yesterday, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted a decision on awarding the financial incentive in the amount of 22,484,493.00 euros for the company Revoz, d.d. for the investment…

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Slovenia – Ministry of Economic Development and Technology | October 21, 2013

Government approves 22.4 million euros of financial incentive for Revoz

In the framework of its correspondence meeting the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted a decision to amend the Government Decision, adopted on 10 November 2011, to read as…

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Slovenia – Ministry of Economic Development and Technology | October 17, 2013

Ljubljana Forum focuses also on future Cohesion Policy by 2020

Ljubljana, 17 October 2013 – The capital of Slovenia hosted the 3rd international conference Ljubljana Forum which was attended by nearly 60 lecturers in the field of spatial planning, economy,…

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Slovenia – Ministry of Economic Development and Technology | October 15, 2013

EU funds for the facilities in Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve

Ljubljana, 15 October 2013 – Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, acting as the Managing Authority for EU structural funds and the Cohesion Fund, issued a decision awarding EU funds…

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Quarterly Journal of Political Science (QJPS) | October 15, 2013

Presidential Prospects, Political Support, and Stock Market Performance

AbstractI exploit the sudden and dramatic jolt that Osama Bin Laden's capture gave to Barack Obama's 2012 re-election prospects to gauge the relationship between presidential prospects and stock market valuation…

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Quarterly Journal of Political Science (QJPS) | October 15, 2013

Electoral Rules and Clientelistic Parties: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

AbstractThis paper studies the causal effect of electoral systems on the performance of clientelistic vs. programmatic parties. We argue that, contrary to majoritarian systems, proportional systems disfavor clientelistic parties as…

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Quarterly Journal of Political Science (QJPS) | October 15, 2013

The Political Economy of the Subprime Mortgage Credit Expansion

AbstractWe examine how special interests, measured by campaign contributions from the mortgage industry, and constituent interests, measured by the share of subprime borrowers in a congressional district, may have influenced…

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Quarterly Journal of Political Science (QJPS) | October 15, 2013

The Control of Politicians in Normal Times and Times of Crisis: Wealth Accumulation by U.S. Congressmen, 1850–1880

AbstractWe employ a regression discontinuity design (RDD) based on close elections to estimate the rents from a seat in the U.S. Congress between 1850 and 1880. Using census data, we…

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Slovenia – Ministry of Economic Development and Technology | October 14, 2013

EU funds for Bohinjka Information Centre

Ljubljana, 14 October 2013 – Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, acting as the Managing Authority for EU structural funds and the Cohesion Fund, issued a decision awarding EU funds…

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Slovenia – Ministry of Economic Development and Technology | October 11, 2013

Minister Stepišnik: “Cooperation between the Kingdom of Norway and the Republic of Slovenia at an enviable level.”

In his opening address the Minister underlined that the Kingdom of Norway and the Republic of Slovenia have established cooperation at an enviable level in several areas; mainly in the…

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