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Benabou, Roland - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

remain obstinately blind to them, embracing a statist ideology and voting for an excessively large government. Conversely, an …

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Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs to Create Larger Firms?

Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types of entrepreneurship across individuals and institutional contexts. Our framework generates hypotheses about the negative impact of higher levels of corruption, weaker property rights and especially...

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Did Political Constraints Bind During Transition? Evidence from Czech Elections 1990-2002

Doyle, Orla; Walsh, Patrick Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Many theoretical models of transition are driven by the assumption that economic decision making is subject to political constraints. In this paper we empirically test whether the winners and losers of economic reform determined voting behaviour in the first five national elections in the Czech...

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Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction

Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The monopoly position of the public bureaucracy in providing public services allows government employees to acquire …

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The Politicians' Wage Gap: Insights from German Members of Parliament

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, Sebastian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income, this paper analyzes the politicians’ wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for selection into politics, we find a positive PWG...

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Anatomy of Policy Complementarities

Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment, and the political difficulties in implementing more extensive reform programs. We argue that the heart of...

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Some Thoughts on Macroeconomic Fluctuations and the Timing of Labor Market Reform

Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

In this paper, I analyze the pros and cons of implementing structural reforms of the labor market in booms vs. recessions, in light of considerations of social efficiency, political viability, and macroeconomic fine tuning. While the optimal timing of a reform depends on the relative importance...

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Democracy, Dictatorship and the Cultural Transmission of Political Values

Ticchi, Davide; Verdier, Thierry; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We develop a theory of endogenous regimes transitions (with a focus on democratic consolidation), which emphasizes the role of political culture and of its interaction with political institutions. Political culture reflects the extent of individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy...

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Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We document that trust in public institutions – and particularly trust in banks, business and government – has declined … the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial … over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in …

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On the Reversibility of Structural Reforms

Campos, Nauro F; Horváth, Roman - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

What are the factors that explain reversals in the implementation of structural reforms? Our main hypothesis is that reversals in different reforms are driven by different factors. This paper uses new reform indicators and presents novel evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the...

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