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Change and Continuity in Quality of Government: Trends in subnational quality of government in EU member states by Charron, Nicholas, Lapuente, Víctor, Bauhr, Monika, Annoni, Paola

“…Despite massive investments, studies suggest that anticorruption efforts often times fail and that countries and regions with historically deficient quality of…”
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Mayors and Corruption in Spain: Same Rules, Different Outcomes by Parrado, Salvador, Dahlström, Carl, Lapuente, Víctor

“…In Spain, there has been widespread corruption in the area of public procurement at the local level, although corrupt practices have not affected all…”
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Doomed to disagree? Party-voter discipline and policy gridlock under divided government by Fernández-Albertos, José, Lapuente, Víctor

“…This article explains the existence of policy gridlock in systems with divided government, even when there are policies that are universally preferred to the…”
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Quality of government in the Asia Pacific region by Lapuente, Victor, Suzuki, Kohei

“…Bureaucracy is forgotten and needs to be rediscovered, and it is in this line of reasoning where this special issue emerges: to focus on what Rothstein (2009)…”
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The Emperor’s clothes and the Pied Piper: Bureaucracy and scientific productivity by Fernandez-Carro, R., Lapuente, Victor

“…For some scholars, bureaucratic contracts (i.e. low-powered and highly regulated) mitigate problems of time inconsistency between public employees who have…”
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Change and Continuity in Quality of Government: Trends in subnational quality of government in EU member states by Charron, Nicholas, Lapuente, Víctor, Bauhr, Monika, Annoni, Paola

“…A pesar de masivas inversiones económicas, los estudios sugieren que los esfuerzos anticorrupción a menudo fracasan y que los países y regiones con una calidad…”
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El sistema de mérito como garantía de estabilidad 
y eficacia en las sociedades democráticas avanzadas by Víctor Lapuente Giné

“…Este artículo resume las contribuciones recientes, tanto teóricas como empíricas, en ciencias sociales sobre la importancia de la “calidad de gobierno” para el…”
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Measuring quality of government in EU regions across space and time by Charron, Nicholas, Lapuente, Victor, Annoni, Paola

“…A wave of recent cross‐national research has pointed to the positive consequences for countries with high levels of “quality of government” (QoG), broadly…”
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Why Do Some Regions in Europe Have a Higher Quality of Government? by Charron, Nicholas, Lapuente, Victor

“…While most of the quantitative literature on quality of government has focused on national differences, subnational variation has been neglected, mainly due to…”
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Por qué algunos países sufren exceso de regulación? by Lapuente Giné, Víctor

“…¿Por qué algunos países sufren exceso de regulación?…”
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Does democracy produce quality of government? by CHARRON, NICHOLAS, LAPUENTE, VICTOR

“…This article analyses the effects of political regimes over state capacity or the quality of government (QoG): Do democratic states perform better than…”
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The effects of new public management on the quality of public services by Lapuente, Victor, Van de Walle, Steven

“…Have New Public Management (NPM) reforms in public organizations improved the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of public policies? NPM…”
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Politicization, Bureaucratic Legalism, and Innovative Attitudes in the Public Sector by Lapuente, Victor, Suzuki, Kohei

“…Previous studies have identified institutional, organizational, and individual factors that promote innovation in public organizations. Yet they have…”
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Above politics: Bureaucratic discretion and credible commitment by Lapuente, Victor

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Comparative Bureaucratic Politics by Dahlström, Carl, Lapuente, Victor

“…This article discusses one of the most important institutions in the modern world, namely public bureaucracies, from a comparative perspective. Bureaucratic…”
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The prudent entrepreneurs: women and public sector innovation by Lapuente, Victor, Suzuki, Kohei

“…Despite the large literature on gender differences in politics, there have been relatively few empirical studies testing the effects of gender in public…”
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Mapping the Regional Divide in Europe: A Measure for Assessing Quality of Government in 206 European Regions by Charron, Nicholas, Dijkstra, Lewis, Lapuente, Victor

“…Do aspects of quality of government, broadly defined, such as corruption, impartiality, and quality of public services, vary below the country level? The…”
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Regional Governance Matters: Quality of Government within European Union Member States by Charron, Nicholas, Dijkstra, Lewis, Lapuente, Victor

“…Charron N., Dijkstra L. and Lapuente V. Regional governance matters: quality of government within European Union member states, Regional Studies. This study…”
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Corruption and use of antibiotics in regions of Europe by Rönnerstrand, Björn, Lapuente, Victor

“…Highlights • Quality of government is associated with consumption of antibiotics in European regions. • The association is persistent when controlling for…”
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The Merit of Meritocratization: Politics, Bureaucracy, and the Institutional Deterrents of Corruption by Dahlström, Carl, Lapuente, Victor, Teorell, Jan

“…Comparative studies of corruption focus on the selection and incentives of policymakers. With few exceptions, actors who are in charge of implementing policies…”
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