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Political Economy of Infrastructure Investment: A Spatial Approach

Meagher, Kieron; Ghosh, Arghya - Econometric Society - 2004

on the circle. Analysis of market structure, consumer participation, entry and transport cost curvature give a rich …

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Szentes, Balazs; Eso, Peter - Econometric Society - 2004

We develop a model of consulting (advising) where the role of the consultant is that she can reveal signals to her client which refine the clientâ€™s original private estimate of the profitability of a project. Importantly, only the client can observe or evaluate these signals...

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Identity vs. Popularity

Mialon, Sue Hwang - Econometric Society - 2004

This paper models individual choices of social groups and the formation of group identity, and examines the conditions with which the group identity reinforces the productivity of individuals. A social group is defined as a network that provides with a market for interactions to its members....

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Coalitional Manipulation on Communication Network

Ju, Biung-Ghi - Econometric Society - 2004

In an abstract model of division problems, we study division rules that are not manipulable through a reallocation of individual characteristic vectors within a coalition (e.g. reallocation of claims in bankruptcy problems). A coalition can be formed if members of the coalition are connected on...

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A Characterization of Optimal Feasible Tax Mechanism

Rhee, Byungchae - Econometric Society - 2004

This paper is motivated by a practical income (or wealth) taxation problem: For a public good economy where the provision of public goods is to be financed by income taxes collected from individuals, what is the optimal feasible tax mechanism when a social planner is relatively uninformed of the...

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The Dynamic Reform of Political Institutions

Lagunoff, Roger - Econometric Society - 2004

This paper formulates a model of dynamic, endogenous reform of political institutions. Specifically, a class of dynamic political games (DPGs) is introduced in which institutional choice is both recursive and instrumental. It is recursive because future political institutions are decided under...

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Voting Leaders and Voting Participation

Martinelli, Cesar; Herrera, Helios; Levine, David K. - Econometric Society - 2004

equilibrium larger elections are characterized by a higher participation rate. Moreover, no matter what the voters' preferences …

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Lines in the Sand on the Australian Political Beach

Fry, Tim R.L.; Davidson, Sinclair; Farrell, Lisa - Econometric Society - 2004

Spatial models of voting behaviour are the dominant paradigm in political science. Consistent with this approach, it … question is how we measure nearness or distance. We investigate this issue by estimating discrete choice models for voting … almost as good a predictor of their voting outcome as how close they are to the parties …

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The Political Economy of Interest Groups: Pressure and Information

Porteiro, Nicolas; Dahm, Matthias - Econometric Society - 2004

We examine the incentives of an interest group to provide a political decision-maker with policy-relevant information and to exert pressure on her. Both activities are costly but may induce the lobby's preferred policy. Our paper provides an integrated analysis of both lobbying activities and...

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Choice Shifts in Groups

Eliaz, Kfir; Ray, Debraj - Econometric Society - 2004

The phenomenon of "choice shifts" in group decision-making is fairly ubiquitous in the social psychology literature. Faced with a choice between a ``safe" and ``risky" decision, group members appear to move to one extreme or the other, relative to the choices each member might have made on her...

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