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Politics of Randomness
Epstein, Gil S.; Nitzan, Shmuel - CESifo - 2002
clarify how stake asymmetry, lobbying-skill asymmetry and return to lobbying effort determine the relative desirability, from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405886
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Lobbying and Compromise
Epstein, Gil S.; Nitzan, Shmuel - CESifo - 2005
The compromise enhancing effect of lobbying on public policy has been established in two typical settings. In the first … demonstrate that in the latter setting, the compromising effect of lobbying need not exist. Our reduced-form, two-stage public …) desires to suckle thereby threatening the public well being more than the lobbying interest groups. The main result specifies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405940
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Political Parties and Network Formation
Miettinen, Topi; Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 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/10005181580
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The Efficacy and Efforts of Interest Groups in Post Elections Policy Formation
Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitzan, Shmuel - CESifo - 2012
what condition an interest group prefers to direct its lobbying efforts to two parties or the two coalition and opposition … discipline. The lobbying efforts under un-enforced and enforced party discipline are also compared. Finally, we clarify the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010595384
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Immunity
Reddy, Karthik; Schularick, Moritz; Skreta, Vasiliki - CESifo - 2013
Legal provisions that protect politicians from arrest and prosecution exist throughout much of the modern democratic world. Why, and with what effects, do societies choose to place their politicians above the law? We examine the institution of immunity both theoretically and empirically. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877744
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Identification of Voters with Interest Groups Improves the Electoral Chances of the Challenger
Sadiraj, Vjollca; Tuinstra, Jan; Winden, Frans Van - CESifo - 2010
Interest groups are introduced in a spatial model of electoral competition between two political parties. We show that, by coordinating voting behavior, these interest groups increase the winning set, which is defined as the set of policy platforms for the challenger that will defeat the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596579
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Why does Environmental Policy in Representative Democracies Tend to be Inadequate? A Preliminary Public Choice Analysis
Kollmann, Andrea; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2010
There is a widespread consensus among the most important players in developed countries (voters, politicians, producers, traditional and green interest groups and bureaucracies) that a shift towards an eco-social market economy is essential for sustainable growth. Nevertheless, market-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727290
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On the Size of the Winning Set in the Presence of Interest Groups
Sadiraj, Vjollca; Tuinstra, Jan; Winden, Frans van - CESifo - 2006
Interest groups are introduced in a spatial model of electoral competition between two political parties. We show that the presence of these interest groups increases the winning set, which is the set of policy platforms for the challenger that will defeat the incumbent. Therefore interest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765946
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On the Political Economy of Environmental Policy
Kirchgässner, Gebhard; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2002
In the past there was hardly any use of economic instruments in environmental policy, mainly command and control measures were used. More recently, ecological taxes as well as tradable permits became more popular and voluntary agreements have been imple-mented. Using the Public Choice ap-proach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051508
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Strategic Restraint in Contests
Epstein, Gil S.; Nitzan, Shmuel - CESifo - 2000
lobbying activities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181372