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Party Discipline and Pork-Barrel Politics
Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
Polities differ in the extent to which political parties can pre-commit to carry out promised policy actions if they take power. Commitment problems may arise due to a divergence between the ex ante incentives facing national parties that seek to capture control of the legislature and the ex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136600
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Envy, guilt, and the Phillips curve
Ahrens, Steffen; Snower, Dennis J. - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009512183
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Party Discipline and Pork Barrel Politics
Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
Polities differ in the extent to which political parties can pre-commit to carry out promised policy actions if they take power. Commitment problems may arise due to a divergence between the ex ante incentives facing national parties that seek to capture control of the legislature and the ex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005084615
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Separation of Powers and the Budget Process
Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
We study budget formation in a model featuring separation of powers. In our model, the legislature designs a budget bill that can include a cap on total spending and earmarked allocations to designated public projects. Each project provides random benefits to one of many interest groups. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005050203
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Separation of Powers and the Budget Process
Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We study budget formation in a model featuring separation of powers. In our model, the legislature designs a budget bill that can include a cap on total spending and earmarked allocations to designated public projects. Each project provides random benefits to one of many interest groups. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791745
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Expanding the Welfare System: A Proposal for Reform
Orszag, Mike; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
This proposal involves the establishment of ‘welfare accounts’ for every person in a country. There are four accounts … current welfare state systems – where welfare services are financed predominantly out of general taxes – people would make … ongoing, mandatory contributions to each of these welfare accounts. The balances in these accounts would cover people’s major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661484
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Inequality of Earnings
Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the US over the past 25 years. Next, it indicates which of these regularities can be explained within the competitive demand-supply framework of analysis and what is left unexplained. Finally,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792213
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Cooperation, motivation and social balance
Bosworth, Steven; Singer, Tania; Snower, Dennis J. - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 126 (2016) 2, pp. 72-94
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011701097
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Motives and comprehension in a public goods game with induced emotions
Bartke, Simon; Bosworth, Steven; Snower, Dennis J.; … - In: Theory and decision : an international journal for … 86 (2019) 2, pp. 205-238
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An analysis of moral motives in economic and social decisions
Fleurbaey, Marc; Kanbur, Ravi; Snower, Dennis J. - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439942