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Can latent groups influence policy decisions? The case of telecommunications policy

Falaschetti, Dino - EconWPA - 2003

Electoral constituencies recognize favorable policy outcomes in high- turnout jurisdictions (Key 1984 [1949]; Hamilton 1993; Fleck 1999). In the present paper, I evaluate whether underlying institutions might provide a finer explanation of this relationship. To do so, I formally examine variation in...

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How the President and Senate Affect the Balance of Power in the

Sin, Gisela; Lupia, Arthur - EconWPA - 2005

Can the President or the Senate affect the balance of power in the House? We find that they can. Our answer comes from a model that links House leadership decisions to the constitutional requirement to build lawmaking coalitions with the Senate and President. Changing the ideal point of a...

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Agricultural Protection in Developing Countries

Fulginiti, Lilyan E.; Shogren, Jason F. - EconWPA - 2005

The present paper explores why farmers are taxed in poor countries and subsidized in rich countries. Using the economic theory of contests to come to an understanding of the incentives for agricultural protectionism, we first sketch a framework for an excludable and rivalrous rent. We then apply...

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Testing for Utility Interdependence in Marriage: Evidence from Panel Data

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - EconWPA - 2004

instrument for spouse’s well-being and allowing controls on individual fixed effects, we find strong evidence of altruism …

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Efficiency-Enhancing Signalling in the Samaritan's Dilemma

Lagerlof, Johan - EconWPA - 2002

Suppose an altruistic person, A, is willing to transfer resources to a second person, B, if B comes upon hard times. If B anticipates that A will act in this manner, B will save too little from both agents' point of view. This is the Samaritan's dilemma. The logic of the dilemma has been...

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Altruism, Spite and Competition in Bargaining Games

Montero, Maria - EconWPA - 2005

This paper shows that altruism may be beneficial in bargaining when there is competition for bargaining partners. In a …. However, this advantage is eroded as the discount factor increases, and if players are perfectly patient altruism and spite …

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Two-sided altruism, Lindahl Equilibrium, and Pareto Optimality in Overlapping Generations Models

Raut, Lakshmi K. - EconWPA - 1996

, recasting it into a Lindahl equilibrium framework. It has been shown that altruism towards parents provides an alternative … a sufficiently strong altruism towards parents can change a Pareto inefficient Samuelsonian economy with negative … proposes an ethical principle to supplement the equilibrium theory for guiding agents in their choice of the degree of altruism …

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What do gifts buy? A model of philanthropy and tithing based on prestige and warm glow.

Harbaugh, William T. - EconWPA - 1996

Charities publicize the donations they receive, generally according to dollar categories rather than the exact amount. Donors in turn tend to give the minimum amount necessary to get into a category. These facts suggest that donors have a taste for having their donations made public. This paper...

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Within-the-family education and its impact on equality

Nordblom, Katarina - EconWPA - 2001

This is a theoretical study of human-capital formation, where parental, as well as public investments are essential. Policy influence rich and poor parents differently when they make educational decisions. Rich parents allocate resources efficiently between physical bequests and educational...

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The nature of human altruism

Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - EconWPA - 2004

of society are centred around issues of altruism and selfishness. Experimental evidence indicates that human altruism is … altruists to defect. Current gene-based evolutionary theories cannot explain important patterns of human altruism, pointing …

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