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Strategic restraint in contests
Epstein, Gil S.; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2000
competition over endogenously determined policies induces strategic restraint that reduces polarization and, in turn, wasteful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781546
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The politics of randomness
Epstein, Gil S.; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2002
The main drawback of the public-policy contest is that the notion of contest success function, a crucial component of the contest model, does not have micro-foundations and, therefore, the random behavior of the government seems ad-hoc. In the present paper we propose a partial micro-foundation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001737559
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Understanding the development of fundamentalism
Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001699300
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Tournaments : there is more than meets the eye
Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); Nitsan, Shemuʾel (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001921405
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Lobbying and Compromise
Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); Nitsan, Shemuʾel (contributor) - 2005
, lobbies are assumed to act as 'principals' and the setters of the policy (the candidates in a Downsian electoral competition … or the elected policy maker in a citizen- candidate model of electoral competition) are conceived as 'agents'. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002734085
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Understanding the development of fundamentalism
Gang, Ira N. (contributor); Epstein, Gil S. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002181612
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A political economy of the immigrant assimilation : internal dynamics
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010
such a competition affects the resources invested by the groups’ supporters and how beneficial it is to immigrants. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688921
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Political culture and discrimination in contests
Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2010
Many economic and political decisions are the outcome of strategic contests for a given prize. The nature of such contests can be determined by a designer who is driven by political considerations with a specific political culture. The main objective of this study is to analyze the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008696820
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Political culture and discrimination in contests
Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2010
Many economic and political decisions are the outcome of strategic contests for a given prize. The nature of such contests can be determined by a designer who is driven by political considerations with a specific political culture. The main objective of this study is to analyze the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009007019
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A political economy of the immigrant assimilation : internal dynamics
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010
such a competition affects the resources invested by the groups’ supporters and how beneficial it is to immigrants. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008658270