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Voters elect politicians who closely matched their preferences

Portmann, Marco; Stadelmann, David; Eichenberger, Reiner - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2012

What determines political candidates? election prospects? We match roll call votes of candidates for the majority elected upper house of parliament who were previously in the lower house with revealed preferences of their constituency. Thereby, we obtain a direct measure of past congruence....

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District Magnitude and Representation of the Majority?s Preferences: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Popular and Parliamentary Votes

Portmann, Marco; Stadelmann, David; Eichenberger, Reiner - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2010

Members of parliament have more effective incentives to cater for the majority?s preferences when they are elected in districts with few seats in parliament rather than in districts with many seats. We empirically investigate this hypothesis by matching voting behavior on legislative proposals...

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The Role of Direct Democracy and Federalism in Local Power

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2004

Alienation to politics weakens political competition and can undermine the acceptance and legitimacy of democracy as a political system. Governance and representation problems at the local level cause part of citizens? lack of power and political alienation. Citizens have local power if they can...

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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 …

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The Causes of Corruption: Evidence from China

Dong, Bin; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2010

In this study we explore in detail the causes of corruption in China using two different sets of data at the regional … level (provinces and cities). We observe that regions with more anti-corruption efforts, histories of British rule, higher … heterogeneity, regulation, abundance of resource and state-owned enterprises substantially breed regional corruption. Moreover …

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Shadow Economy, Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel Analysis

Torgler, Benno; Schneider, Friedrich - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2007

This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of shadow...

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The Impact of Tax Morale and Institutional Quality on the Shadow Economy

Torgler, Benno; Schneider, Friedrich - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2007

This paper analyses how tax morale and countries? institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of...

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Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2006

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. …

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Voting against the separation of powers between legislature and administration

Stadelmann, David; Eichenberger, Reiner; Portmann, Marco - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2013

We compare the votes of parliamentary representatives and their constituents on a popular initiative that directly aimed at weakening the separation of powers in 1922 in Switzerland. We analyze whether the strength of individual ties to the public service affect the probability of voting for the...

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Bureaucrats in Parliament: Theory and Evidence on Its Determinants in Germany

Braendle, Thomas; Stutzer, Alois - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2008

This paper addresses the personal linkages between the public administration and the legislature that emerge because public servants pursue a political mandate. There are concerns that the strong representation of bureaucrats in many Western parliaments compromises the constitutionally proposed...

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