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Kirchgässner, Gebhard - CESifo - 2014

First the assumption of self-interest as applied in Economics is presented. Here we also discuss areas in which (many) people behave less self- but more other-regarding than traditional economic models assume. Then, greedy behaviour is considered as existing in the political and economic...

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What Explains Fertility? Evidence from Italian Pension Reforms

Billari, Francesco C.; Galasso, Vincenzo - CESifo - 2009

predicts lower future pensions to reduce fertility, while the “old-age security” to increase it. Our empirical analysis … identifies a clear and robust positive effect of less generous future pensions on post-reform fertility. These findings are … consistent with “old-age security” even for contemporary fertility. …

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Selfish and Prospective: Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting

Elinder, Mikael; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - CESifo - 2008

We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. The Social Democrats proposed budget cuts affecting parents with young...

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On the Process of Scientific Policy Advice - With Special Reference to Economic Policy

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - CESifo - 2014

We first show three major disagreements among today’s leading economists: the minimum wage, the effects of large government debt and the politics of the European Central Bank. Using a prominent and highly relevant example, the possible deterrent effect of death penalty, we demonstrate how...

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The Influence of Special Interests and Party Activists on Electoral Competition

Martineau, Nicolas-Guillaume - CESifo - 2012

This paper studies the effects on electoral competition of political parties relying on monetary donations and volunteer labour for their electioneering activities. It also examines whether a recorded decline in party activism increases special-interest influence on party policy platforms....

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Public Goods Provision and Sanctioning in Privileged Groups

Reuben, Ernesto; Riedl, Arno - CESifo - 2007

In public good provision, privileged groups enjoy the advantage that some of its members find it optimal to supply a positive amount of the public good. However, their inherent asymmetric nature may make the enforcement of cooperative behavior through informal sanctioning harder to accomplish....

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On the Sensitivity of Collective Action to Uncertainty about Climate Tipping Points

Barrett, Scott; Dannenberg, Astrid - CESifo - 2014

Previous research shows that collective action to avoid a catastrophic threshold, such as a climate “tipping point,” is unaffected by uncertainty about the impact of crossing the threshold but that collective action collapses if the location of the threshold is uncertain. Theory suggests...

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Group Contests with Internal Conflict and Power Asymmetry

Choi, Jay Pil; Chowdhury, Subhasish M.; Kim, Jaesoo - CESifo - 2014

We investigate situations in which players make costly contributions as group members in a group conflict, and at the same time engage in contest with fellow group members to appropriate the possible reward. We introduce within group power asymmetry and complementarity in members’ efforts, and...

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Rotten Spouses, Family Transfers and Public Goods

Cremer, Helmuth; Roeder, Kerstin - CESifo - 2014

We show that once interfamily exchanges are considered, Becker’s rotten kids mechanism has some remarkable implications that have gone hitherto unnoticed. Specifically, we establish that Cornes and Silva’s (1999) result of efficiency in the contribution game amongst siblings extends to a...

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Social Relations and Relational Incentives

Dur, Robert; Tichem, Jan - CESifo - 2012

this end we develop a simple dynamic principal-agent model where both players may have feelings of altruism or spite toward …

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