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This Paper delivers a precise recommendation for how presidential candidates should allocate their resources to maximize the probability of gaining a majority in the Electoral College. A two-candidate, probabilistic-voting model reveals that more resources should be devoted to states which are...
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The paper considers the response of a small, open dependent economy to a variety of fiscal and financial shocks. It also examines the influence of alternative budget-balancing rules on the response of the economy to external shocks, such as a change in the world interest rate. The approach...
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The current control system for public expenditure in the United Kingdom dates from the Plowden Report in 1961 and was developed for a public utilities model. This paper presents detailed evidence on changes in the composition of public expenditure. A new control system is proposed that is better...
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Three main features characterize the international financial integration of China and India. First, while only having a … small global share of privately-held external assets and liabilities (with the exception of China’s FDI liabilities), these … “short equity, long debt.” Third, China and India have improved their net external positions over the last decade although …
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The Great Leap Forward (GLF) disaster, characterized by a collapse of grain output, and the associated famine in China …
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Using a unique firm level data set from the Chinese manufacturing sector, this paper analyses the impact of production subsidies on firms’ export performance. It documents robust evidence that production subsidies stimulate export activity, although this effect is conditional on firm...
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development. Evidence from the failed Industrial Revolution in 14th-century China illustrates the empirical relevance of the …
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In 1994, China began a profound reform of its state-owned enterprises (SOE). We first describe and characterize this …
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federal centre. The theory is supported by the recent experience of Russia, China, and Argentina. …
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How to sustain cooperation is a key challenge for any society. Different social organizations have evolved in the course of history to cope with this challenge by relying on different combinations of external (formal and informal) enforcement institutions and intrinsic motivation. Some societies...
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