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Democracy, Property Rights, Income Equality, and Corruption
Dong, Bin; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2010
This paper presents theoretical and empirical evidence on the nexus between corruption and democracy. We establish a … political economy model where the effect of democracy on corruption is conditional on income distribution and property rights … prediction. Moreover, the effect of democratization on corruption depends on the protection of property rights and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008740318
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Politicians: Be Killed or Survive
Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2008
: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005808603
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Overprotected Politicians
Frey, Bruno S. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2007
This paper argues that politicians are overprotected. The costs of political assassination differ systematically depending on whether a private or a public point of view is taken. A politician attributes a very high (if not infinite) cost to his or her survival. The social cost of political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162600
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Why Kill Politicians? A Rational Choice Analysis of Political Assassinations
Frey, Bruno S. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2007
to well-known security measures ? an extension of democracy, a rule by a committee of several politicians, more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162609
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God Does Not Play Dice, But People Should: Random Selection in Politics, Science and Society
Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2014
This paper discusses and proposes random selection as a component in decision-making in society. Random procedures have played a significant role in history, especially in classical Greece and the medieval city-states of Italy. We examine the important positive features of decisions by random...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763998
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Sanfter Paternalismus, meritorische Güter, und der normative Individualismus
KirchgÄssner, Gebhard - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2012
Paternalism is an attempt to influence the decisions of individuals for their own benefit even if there are no third parties involved. This seems to be a contradiction to normative individualism which provides the general or ientation of our modern demo cracies. Soft or libertarian paternalism...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011161436
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Das zukünftige Verhältnis von Kapitalismus und Demokratie aus ökonomischer Sicht
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2015
Whether democracy or capitalism should have normative priority depends on the philosophi- cal point of view but also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196377
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Das zukünftige Verhältnis von Kapitalismus und Demokratie aus ökonomischer Sicht
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2015
Whether democracy or capitalism should have normative priority depends on the philosophi- cal point of view but also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011206289
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Direkte Demokratie
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2010
The current debt crisis in many OECD countries calls for adequate strategies in budget consolidation. To regain fiscal solvency many governments base their fiscal adjustments at least partly on spending cuts. A common political claim is that spending cuts rely too much on investment thereby...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462039