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Krisentheorien der Demokratie : Unregierbarkeit, Spätkapitalismus und Postdemokratie
Schäfer, Armin - 2008
be applied to the current situation unmodified. However, recent arguments about the move to post-democracy pick up …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003819895
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Culture and tax structures
König, Tobias; Wagener, Andreas - 2012
We argue that societies with a stronger tendency towards postmaterialist life goals tilt the tax structure towards personal income taxes and away from corporate taxation. We provide empirical evidence for this correlation in OECD countries. To address endogeneity issues we then use an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009503814
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Shall we kill or enslave Caesar? : analyzing the Caesar model
Jasso, Guillermina (contributor) - 2008
paper presents a model of killing versus enslaving Caesar, based on a new theory which unifies justice, status, and power …. -- Civil strife ; coup d'état ; regicide ; tyrannicide ; assassination ; imprisonment ; exile ; sociobehavioral theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688805
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Taxation and democratization
Baskaran, Thushyanthan - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763677
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Democracy, dictatorship and the cultural transmission of political values
Ticchi, Davide; Verdier, Thierry; Vindigni, Andrea - 2013
We develop a theory of endogenous regimes transitions (with a focus on democratic consolidation), which emphasizes the … individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy against a potential military coup, and it is an endogenous state … and the state. Parents invest resources in order to transmit their own political values (commitment to democracy) to their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009755330
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Social mobility and preferences for open access societies
Pripadcheva, Alexandra; Veselov, Dmitriy - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012792605
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egalité? : a survey of the empirical evidence on the links between political democracy and income inequality
Grâdšṭayn, Marq; Milanović, Branko - 2000
between other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781532
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When is a state predatory?
Robinson, James A. - 1999
I argue that whether or not a state is predatory hinges on the relationship between development and the distribution of political power in society. Development is typically inconsistent with the preservation of the political status quo and this gives those who initially hold political power an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781676
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The relationship between economic growth and democracy : alternative representations of technological change
Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Nam-Seok - 2017
This study investigates the relationship between economic growth and democracy by estimating a nation's production … shifters model enabled this study to find possible known channels between economic growth and democracy. Empirical results … based on a panel data of 144 countries observed for 1980-2014 show that democracy had a robust positive impact on economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704213
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Central bank independence : a rigged debate based on false politics and economics
Palley, Thomas I. - 2019
The case for central bank independence is built on an intellectual two-step. Step one argues there is a problem of inflation prone government. Step two argues independence is the solution to that problem. This paper challenges that case and shows it is based on false politics and economics. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012104487