Landscape Governance and Sustainable Land Restoration: Evidence from Shinyanga, Tanzania

Political Accountability and Fiscal Governance: Evidence from Tanzania and Zambia

Does a government’s source of revenue explain its policy choices? The most common approach contends that policy variation results from differences in political institutions. We argue that a government’s source of revenue also strongly affects its expenditures, independent of political institutions. Using local government budget data from Tanzania and Zambia, we find that local governments devot...

Fiscal Governance and Public Services: Evidence from Tanzania and Zambia

Does a government’s source of revenue explain its policies? The predominate view in development studies contends that policy variation results directly from institutional variation. Building on a literature which we label fiscal theories of governance, we argue that a government’s sources of revenue strongly affect its public expenditures, independent of institutions. Using data from local gove...

From Landscape Preservation to Landscape Governance: European Experiences with Sustainable Development of Protected Landscapes

State-Owned Enterprises and Corporate Governance Strength: Evidence from Indonesia

Background: This study investigates whether state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Indonesia implement stronger corporate governance than do non-SOEs. It can be argued that as a large dedicated institutional investor, the Indonesian government has an incentive to strengthen corporate governance in SOEs and possesses the ability to bear the cost of implementing stronger governance. Research Methods: ...

Corporate Governance and Liquidity Creation: Evidence from Iranian Banks

This paper examines the impact of internal bank governance on bank liquidity creation in Iran during 2010-2017. We analyze whether banks with larger size and liquidity levels creates higher levels of liquidity. The results using panel GMM method show that corporate governance has a positive effect on liquidity creation; of course, it is not significant. Also, this effect is not affecting by ban...