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Political Parties and Network Formation
Miettinen, Topi - 2006
We argue that anti-corruption laws may provide an efficiency rationale for why political parties should meddle in the distribution of political nominations and government contracts. Anti-corruption laws forbid trade in spoils that politicians distribute. However, citizens may pay for gaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012783283
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Political parties and network formation
Miettinen, Topi (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2006
We argue that anti-corruption laws may provide an efficiency rationale for why political parties should meddle in the distribution of political nominations and government contracts. Anti-corruption laws forbid trade in spoils that politicians distribute. However, citizens may pay for gaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003253456
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Poverty, social networks, and clientelism
Ravanilla, Nico; Hicken, Allen - 2021
Why are the poor susceptible to clientelism, and what factors shield them from the influence of vote buying? We explore … channelled through informal networks. To test our theory, we build the informal, family-based network linkages between voters and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012614310
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Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2018
Business and politician interaction is pervasive but has mostly been analysed with a binary approach. Yet the network dimensions of such connections are ubiquitous. We use a unique dataset for seven economies that documents politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their links to companies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919511
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Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2018
Business and politicians' interaction is pervasive but has mostly been analyzed with a binary approach, i.e. either a firm is connected to a politician or not. Yet the network dimensions of such connections are ubiquitous. This paper uses use a unique data set for seven economies that documents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920023
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Political connections and firms : network dimensions
Bussolo, Maurizio; Commander, Simon; Poupakis, Stavros - 2018
Business and politician interaction is pervasive but has mostly been analysed with a binary approach. Yet the network dimensions of such connections are ubiquitous. We use a unique dataset for seven economies that documents politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their links to companies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853617
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Identity politics, clientelism, and public goods provision : heory and evidence
Ticku, Rohit; Venkatesh, Raghul S. - 2020
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The aggregate costs of political connections
Gathen, Jonas - 2025
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015410462
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Political parties and network formation
Miettinen, Topi; Poutvaara, Panu - 2006
We argue that anticorruption laws may provide an efficiency rationale for why political parties should meddle in the distribution of political nominations and government contracts. Anticorruption laws forbid trade in spoils that politicians distribute. However, citizens may pay for gaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261414
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The Economics of Politically-Connected Firms
Choi, Jay Pil; Thum, Marcel P. - 2008
Political connections between firms and autocratic regimes are not secret and often even publicly displayed in many developing economies. We argue that tying a firm's available rent to a regime's survival acts as a credible commitment forcing entrepreneurs to support the government and to exert...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217954