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Bad apples : political paralysis and the quality of politicians
Leon, Gabriel J. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660144
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Bad Apples : Political Paralysis and the Quality of Politicians
Leon, Gabriel - 2010
Why do elected officials often suffer from political paralysis and fail to implement the best policies available? This paper considers a new yet intuitive explanation that focuses on the quality of the politicians competing to replace the incumbent. The key insight is that a 'good' incumbent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148227
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Bad Apples : Political Paralysis and the Quality of Politicians
Leon, Gabriel - 2009
Why do elected officials often suffer from political paralysis and fail to implement the best policies available? This paper considers a new yet intuitive explanation that focuses on the quality of the politicians competing to replace the incumbent. The key insight is that a `good' incumbent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204625
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Vote-buying and reciprocity
Finan, Frederico S.; Schechter, Laura - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003839343
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Vote-buying and reciprocity
Finan, Frederico S.; Schechter, Laura - 2011
While vote-buying is common, little is known about how politicians determine who to target. We argue that vote-buying can be sustained by an internalized norm of reciprocity. Receiving money engenders feelings of obligation. Combining survey data on vote-buying with an experiment-based measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009408719
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Electoral accountability and political corruption
Ionescu, Luminita - In: Economics, management and financial markets 10 (2015) 3, pp. 63-68
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011555096
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Democracy and political corruption
Ionescu, Luminita - In: Economics, management and financial markets 7 (2012) 2, pp. 173-178
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009686563
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The Role of Parliaments in Curbing Corruption
Stapenhurst, Rick; Johnston, Niall; Pelizzo, Riccardo - 2012
account; often, audit institutions, ombuds and anti-corruption agencies report to parliament, as a means of ensuring both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563283
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Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme : Political Corruption of Russian Doctorates
Osipian, Ararat - 2011
political establishment to project on the issue of corruption in conferring doctorates and searches to answer the questions: Why … corruption in conferral of doctoral degrees to elected politicians and other public officials. It assembles and analyzes a … members of the Council of Federation and the State Duma. In theory, doctorates are needed to pursue scholarship and research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012714031
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Voter heterogeneity and political corruption
Aragonés, Enriqueta; Rivas, Javier; Tóth, Áron - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012204021