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Delegation and Polarization of Platforms in Political Competition
Faulí-Oller, Ramon; Ok, Efe A; Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
variety of circumstances, this, in turn, yields a polarization of equilibrium policy choices of the candidates. It is thus …
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Multi-Stage Contests with Stochastic Ability
Konrad, Kai A.; Kovenock, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We consider the properties of perfectly discriminating contests in which players' abilities are stochastic, but become common knowledge before efforts are expended. Players whose expected ability is lower than that of their rivals may still earn a positive expected payoff from participating in...
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When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia's La Violencia
Chacón, Mario; Robinson, James A; Torvik, Ragnar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
group is dominant. We provide a test of a key aspect of our model using data from La Violencia, a political conflict in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656168
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Multi-Battle Contests
Konrad, Kai A.; Kovenock, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We study equilibrium in a multistage race in which players compete in a sequence of simultaneous move component contests. Players may win a prize for winning each component contest, as well as a prize for winning the overall race. Each component contest is an all-pay auction with complete...
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Equilibrium and Efficiency in the Tug-of-War
Konrad, Kai A.; Kovenock, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
by which the allocation of prizes are governed by possibly repeated conflict. Our results contribute to an explanation … why. Compared to a single stage conflict, such structures can reduce the overall resources that are dissipated among the …
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Dynamic Ethnic Fractionalization and Economic Growth in the Transition Economies from 1989 to 2007
Campos, Nauro F; Kuzeyev, Vitaliy; Saleh, Ahmad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
latitude), it shows a significant negative impact on economic growth which is robust to different specifications, polarization …
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On the Dynamics of Ethnic Fractionalization
Campos, Nauro F; Kuzeyev, Vitaliy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
). These findings are robust to different specifications, polarization measures, instrument sets as well as to a composite …
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Peripheral Diversity and Redistribution
Desmet, Klaus; Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio; Weber, Shlomo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper investigates the effect of ethnolinguistic conflict on redistribution. The analysis focuses on the conflict … arising between ‘peripheral’ minority groups and a dominant ‘centre’. We propose an index of linguistic conflict that (i …) encompasses both diversity and polarization, and (ii) accounts for the distance between languages. Our results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666970
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Knocking on Heaven’s Door? Protestantism and Suicide
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We model the effect of Protestant vs. Catholic denomination in an economic theory of suicide, accounting for differences in religious-community integration, views about man’s impact on God’s grace, and the possibility of confessing sins. We test the theory using a unique micro-regional...
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Education Promoted Secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
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