Omar Azfar
Biographic Data
| ID | 1098161 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Omar Azfar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Omar |
| FAMILY NAME | Azfar |
| SIGNATURE | AZFAR O |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 252 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Making Decentralization Work
It is increasingly difficult to find developing countries whose leaders have not debated or implemented some type of decentralization reform. But has decentralization worked? Does it actually help a country to deepen democratic governance, promote economic development, or enhance public security? Under what conditions does it justify the enthusiasm of those who have pushed so successfully for its adoption? The authors of this volume sift through …
Decentralization and Community Empowerment
Identifying Reticent Respondents
We implement a methodology that identifies respondents who are reticent in answering sensitive questions on surveys. The methodology entails asking a series of randomized response questions and identifies the reticent as those who give a set of answers that can arise only with an implausibly low probability. In a sample of Romanian company officials, we identify a specific 10% of respondents as reticent. The identifiably reticent admit to corrupt…
Transparency, wages, and the separation of powers
Market-Mobilized Capital
Gender and corruption
The Causes and Consequences of Corruption
In recent years, economists have come to recognize that corruption is not just an aberration or a nuisance; it is a systemic feature of many economies, which constitutes a significant impediment to economic development. The authors present an overview of the literature on the causes and consequences of corruption and briefly comment on some policy issues, drawing on recent research, including their own
Profit-Sharing, Employment Stability, and Wage Growth
The authors conjecture that profit-sharing reduces turnover and thus increases expected returns to firm-specific human capital investments, so that the optimal levels of skill acquisition and investment in firm-specific skills rise and ultimately increase productivity. Empirical evidence from NLSY data on white men in nonunion jobs between 1988 and 1994 supports this hypothesis. Employees participating in profit-sharing plans were less likely tha…
Are Larger Countries Really More Corrupt
Or has evidence that government corruption is less severe in small countries been an artifact of sample selection
Gender and corruption
The Causes and Consequences of Corruption
In recent years, economists have come to recognize that corruption is not just an aberration or a nuisance; it is a systemic feature of many economies, which constitutes a significant impediment to economic development. The authors present an overview of the literature on the causes and consequences of corruption and briefly comment on some policy issues, drawing on recent research, including their own
Transparency, wages, and the separation of powers
Profit-Sharing, Employment Stability, and Wage Growth
The authors conjecture that profit-sharing reduces turnover and thus increases expected returns to firm-specific human capital investments, so that the optimal levels of skill acquisition and investment in firm-specific skills rise and ultimately increase productivity. Empirical evidence from NLSY data on white men in nonunion jobs between 1988 and 1994 supports this hypothesis. Employees participating in profit-sharing plans were less likely tha…
Identifying Reticent Respondents
We implement a methodology that identifies respondents who are reticent in answering sensitive questions on surveys. The methodology entails asking a series of randomized response questions and identifies the reticent as those who give a set of answers that can arise only with an implausibly low probability. In a sample of Romanian company officials, we identify a specific 10% of respondents as reticent. The identifiably reticent admit to corrupt…
Are Larger Countries Really More Corrupt
Or has evidence that government corruption is less severe in small countries been an artifact of sample selection
Gender and corruption
The Causes and Consequences of Corruption
In recent years, economists have come to recognize that corruption is not just an aberration or a nuisance; it is a systemic feature of many economies, which constitutes a significant impediment to economic development. The authors present an overview of the literature on the causes and consequences of corruption and briefly comment on some policy issues, drawing on recent research, including their own
Profit-Sharing, Employment Stability, and Wage Growth
The authors conjecture that profit-sharing reduces turnover and thus increases expected returns to firm-specific human capital investments, so that the optimal levels of skill acquisition and investment in firm-specific skills rise and ultimately increase productivity. Empirical evidence from NLSY data on white men in nonunion jobs between 1988 and 1994 supports this hypothesis. Employees participating in profit-sharing plans were less likely tha…
Market-Mobilized Capital
Transparency, wages, and the separation of powers
Identifying Reticent Respondents
We implement a methodology that identifies respondents who are reticent in answering sensitive questions on surveys. The methodology entails asking a series of randomized response questions and identifies the reticent as those who give a set of answers that can arise only with an implausibly low probability. In a sample of Romanian company officials, we identify a specific 10% of respondents as reticent. The identifiably reticent admit to corrupt…
Making Decentralization Work
It is increasingly difficult to find developing countries whose leaders have not debated or implemented some type of decentralization reform. But has decentralization worked? Does it actually help a country to deepen democratic governance, promote economic development, or enhance public security? Under what conditions does it justify the enthusiasm of those who have pushed so successfully for its adoption? The authors of this volume sift through …
Decentralization and Community Empowerment
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Corruption and Economic Development (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Language change (4 works) · Business (2 works) · Corporate Finance and Governance (2 works) · Decentralization (2 works) · Economic Growth and Development (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)