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Looking Beyond the Incumbent: The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes
Chong, Alberto; De La O, Ana; Karlan, Dean S.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …
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Elections with Contribution-Maximizing Candidates
Gradstein, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
Much of the analysis of campaign contributions, in accordance with the Downsian model, has supposed that candidates seek contributions for electoral purposes. This paper takes the opposite approach, by assuming that each candidate aims to maximize the contributions he collects. We let a citizen...
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Competing Approaches to Forecasting Elections: Economic Models, Opinion Polling and Prediction Markets
Leigh, Andrew; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We review the efficacy of three approaches to forecasting elections: econometric models that project outcomes on the …. While the evidence for economic voting has historically been weak for Australia, the 2004 election suggests an increasingly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498073
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Competing for Endorsements
Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
Endorsements are a simple language for communication between well-informed interest-group leaders and less-informed interest-group members. The members, who share some policy concerns, may not fully understand where their interests lie on certain issues. If their leaders cannot fully explain the...
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When warm glow burns: Motivational (mis)allocation in the non-profit sector
Aldashev, Gani; Jaimovich, Esteban; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We build an occupational-choice general-equilibrium model of an economy with the non-profit sector financed through private warm-glow donations. Lack of monitoring on the use of funds implies that an increase of funds of the non-profit sector (because of a higher income in the for-profit sector,...
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Exploitation, Altruism, and Social Welfare: An Economic Exploration
Doepke, Matthias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
minimum altruism, in which child labor in a given family is judged relative to a specific social standard. Under this … criterion, child labor is exploitative only in families where the parent (or guardian) displays insufficient altruism towards …
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Verified Trust: Reciprocity, Altruism and Noise in Trust Games
Brülhart, Marius; Usunier, Jean-Claude - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
distinct and economically relevant component of individual preferences alongside selfishness and altruism. This recognition is … power of trust as a determinant of those decisions, suggesting that altruism may explain much of what ‘looks like’ trust … protocols and framing. Therefore, we propose discriminatory tests for altruism and trust that can be based on within …
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What Explains Fertility? Evidence from Italian Pension Reforms
Billari, Francesco C.; Galasso, Vincenzo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Why do people have kids in developed societies? We propose an empirical test of two alternative theories - children as 'consumption' vs. 'investment' good. We use as a natural experiment the Italian pension reforms of the 90s that introduced a clear discontinuity in the treatment across workers....
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Intermediation by Aid Agencies
Rowat, Colin; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper models aid agencies as financial intermediaries that do not make a financial return to depositors, since the depositors' concern is to transfer resources to investor-beneficiaries. This leads to a significant problem of verification of the agencies' activities. One solution to this...
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The Political Value of Land: Democratization and Land Prices in Chile
Baland, Jean-Marie; Robinson, James A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
some degree of political control. When voting is not secret, landlords can dictate who their workers should vote for. As …
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