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political science, sociology, psychology, law and anthropology) is fruitful to explain institutions because it allows us to …
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Social capital is often associated with desirable political and economic outcomes. This paper connects a growing literature on the “dark side” of social capital with institutional change. We examine the downfall of democracy in interwar Germany. Using new data on Nazi Party entry in a...
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Social capital is often associated with desirable political and economic outcomes. This paper contributes to a growing literature on its "dark side". We examine the role of social capital in the downfall of democracy in interwar Germany. We analyze Nazi Party entry in a cross-section of cities,...
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The measurement of individual happiness challenges the notion that revealed preferences only reliably and empirically reflect individual utility. Reported subjective well-being is a broader concept than traditional decision utility; it also includes concepts like experience and procedural...
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academic career and become prominent. Incentives are transmitted by institutions; it is therefore necessary for economic … methodology to analyse how institutions work and how they may change in the future. An attempt has been made here to look at the …
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Centralized sanctioning institutions are of utmost importance for overcoming free-riding tendencies and enforcing … outcomes that maximize group welfare in social dilemma situations. However, little is known about how such institutions come … institutions in a public goods game. Our theoretical analysis shows that players may form sanctioning institutions in equilibrium …
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A cross-regional econometric analysis suggests that institutional factors in the form of direct democracy (via initiatives and referenda) and of federal structure (local autonomy) systematically and sizeably raise self-reported individual well-being. This positive effect can be attributed to...
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powerful institutions to provide the public good and to sanction free-riders. In this mechanism players commit to the public …
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of the state is to fund institutions allowing for ongoing technology adoption and hence long-run growth. However … institutions. More money in the hands of the regime fuels conflict over the distribution of the funds - and decreases the incumbent … regime’s time horizon in office. With a shorter time horizon, it is less attractive to finance good institutions whose …
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economics, like outcome utility, outcome fairness or intentions. Institutions at the level of society and fair procedures are …
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