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Resource Windfalls, Political Regimes, and Political Stability
Caselli, Francesco; Tesei, Andrea - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011
We study theoretically and empirically whether natural resource windfalls affect political regimes. We document the following regularities. Natural resource windfalls have no effect on the political system when they occur in democracies. However, windfalls have significant political consequences...
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Signalling, Incumbency Advantage, and Optimal Reelection Rules
Caselli, Francesco; Cunningham, Tom; Morelli, Massimo; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
Much literature on political behavior treats politicians as motivated by reelection, choosing actions to signal their types to voters. We identify two novel implications of models in which signalling incentives are important. First, because incumbents only care about clearing a reelection...
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A Swing-State Theory of Trade Protection in the Electoral College
Muûls, Mirabelle; Petropoulou, Dimitra - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
This paper develops an infinite-horizon, political agency model with a continuum of political districts, in which incumbent politicians can improve their re-election probability by attracting swing voters in key states through strategic trade protection. A unique equilibrium is shown to exist...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150971
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Overseas students: the impact on domestic student numbers
Machin, Stephen; Murphy, Richard - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
The rapid influx of international students into UK universities over the past two decades has expanded the number of places available for domestic postgraduates, according to research by Stephen Machin and Richard Murphy. Universities seem to use the extra fees from overseas students to...
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Paying Out and Crowding Out? The Globalisation of Higher Education
Machin, Stephen; Murphy, Richard - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
We investigate the rapid influx of overseas students into UK higher education and the impact on the number of domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945144
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Peer Effects in Science - Evidence from the Dismissal of Scientists in Nazi Germany
Waldinger, Fabian - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009
This paper analyzes peer effects among university scientists. Specifically, it investigates whether the number of peers and their average quality affects the productivity of researchers in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The usual endogeneity problems related to estimating peer effects are...
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The Role of Educational Quality and Quantity in the Process of Economic Development
Castelló-Climent, Amparo; Hidalgo-Cabrillana, Ana - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011
when deciding on investments in secondary education and above, and to study how educational quality affects economic growth …. In a dynamic general equilibrium closed economy, primary education is mandatory but there is an opportunity to continue … on in education, which is a private choice. High-quality education increases the returns to schooling, and hence the …
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Government Transfers and Political Support
Manacorda, Marco; Miguel, Edward; Vigorito, Andrea - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009
the probabilistic voting model in political economy. Effects persist after the cash transfer program ends. We estimate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256485
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Everybody needs good neighbours?
Gibbons, Steve; Silva, Olmo; Weinhardt, Felix - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
There are large disparities between the achievements, behaviour and aspirations of children in different neighbourhoods - but does this mean that the place where you grow up determines your later life outcomes? Steve Gibbons, Olmo Silva and Felix Weinhardt outline the findings of a series of CEP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010774264
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Everybody needs good neighbours?
Gibbons, Steve; Silva, Olmo; Weinhardt, Felix - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
There are large disparities between the achievements, behaviour and aspirations of children in different neighbourhoods - but does this mean that the place where you grow up determines your later life outcomes? Steve Gibbons, Olmo Silva and Felix Weinhardt outline the findings of a series of CEP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738422