Université de Fribourg

Public Spending Interactions and Local Politics : Empirical Evidence from French Municipalities

Foucault, Martial ; Madiès, Thierry ; Patty, Sonia

In: Public Choice, 2008, vol. 137, p. 57-80

This paper aims at testing whether there exist spending interactions between French municipalities by estimating a dynamic panel data model. Our results suggest that there are some interactions between neighbouring municipalities as regards primary and investment expenditures. A positive relationship between municipalities’ wage bill and unemployment rates is likely to stress a rise of...

Université de Fribourg

Management Students’ Attitudes Toward Business Ethics : A Comparison Between France and Romania

Bageac, Daniel ; Furrer, Olivier ; Reynaud, Emmanuelle

In: Journal of Business Ethics, 2011, vol. 98, no. 3, p. 391-406

This study focuses on the differences in the perception of business ethics across two groups of management students from France and Romania (n = 220). Data was collected via the ATBEQ to measure preferences for three business philosophies: Machiavellianism, Social Darwinism, and Moral Objectivism. The results show that Romanian students present more favorable attitudes toward Machiavellianism...