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Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance
Ferraz, Claudio; Finan, Frederico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Recent studies have emphasized the importance of the quality of politicians for good government and consequently … politicians and perform competently in office becomes a central question. In this paper, we examine whether higher wages attract … better quality politicians and improve political performance using exogenous variation in the salaries’ of local legislators …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822327
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Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil’s Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes
Ferraz, Claudio; Finan, Frederico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper examines whether access to information enhances political accountability. Based upon the results of Brazil’s recent anti-corruption program that randomly audits municipal expenditures of federally-transferred funds, it estimates the effects of the disclosure of local government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761657
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Legal Corruption, Politically Connected Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
Domadenik, Polona; Prašnikar, Janez; Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In this paper we present and test a theory of how political corruption, found in many transition and emerging market economies, affects corporate governance and productive efficiency of firms. Our model predicts that underdeveloped democratic institutions that do not punish political corruption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884312
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Electoral Rules and Politicians’ Behavior: A Micro Test
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Nannicini, Tommaso; Naticchioni, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
politicians’ rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703268
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Outside Income and Moral Hazard: The Elusive Quest for Good Politicians
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Nannicini, Tommaso; Naticchioni, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
empirical evidence shows that bad but dedicated politicians come along with good but not fully committed politicians. There is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822047
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Frontier Issues of the Political Economy of Migration
Epstein, Gil S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
generated by migration. Narrow self-interests may be present not only for interest groups but also for ruling politicians and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711935
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Socio-Spatial Transformations, Suburbanisation, and Voting Behaviour in the Vilnius Urban Region
Ubarevičienė, Rūta; Burneika, Donatas; van Ham, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper analyses the interrelationship between the process of suburbanization and a changing political and ethnic landscape in the Vilnius urban region. The region surrounding Vilnius city is dominated by Polish identity residents while those who suburbanise into the region are mainly ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271981
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Minorities, Social Capital and Voting
Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
It is widely held that voter turnout among immigrants and ethnic minorities is lower than among the native born. The goal of our paper is to explore the determinants of voting, comparing immigrant, minority and majority citizens in Canada. We use the 2002 wave of the Equality Security Community...
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The Effect of (Mostly Unskilled) Immigration on the Innovation of Italian Regions
Bratti, Massimiliano; Conti, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We use small Italian regions (i.e. provinces) to investigate the causal effect of foreign immigration on innovation during 2003-2008. Using instrumental variables estimation (based on immigrants' enclaves), we find that the overall stock of immigrants did not have any effect on innovation....
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Cultural Values and Decision to Work of Immigrant Women in Italy
Scoppa, Vincenzo; Stranges, Manuela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
from the home country affect the decision to work of immigrants in Italy, using the National Survey of Households with … Immigrants. Following the “epidemiological approach”, we relate the probability of being employed in Italy for immigrant women …
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