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A swing-state theory of trade protection in the electoral college

Muûls, Mirabelle; Petropoulou, Dimitra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

This paper develops an infinite-horizon, political agency model with a continuum of political districts, in which incumbent politicians can improve their re-election probability by attracting swing voters in key states through strategic trade protection. A unique equilibrium is shown to exist...

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Privatization, entry regulation and the decline of labor's share of GDP: a cross-country analysis of the network industries

Azmat, Ghazala; Manning, Alan; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

-experiment in the OECD: the privatization of many network industries (e.g. telecommunications and utilities). We present a model … labor share, employment and wages respond to privatization and other regulatory changes. We exploit cross-country panel data … on several network industries and find that privatization can account for a significant proportion of the fall of labor …

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Being the New York Times: the political behaviour of a newspaper

Puglisi, Riccardo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

I analyze a dataset of news from the New York Times, from 1946 to 1997. Controlling for the incumbent President's activity across issues, I find that during the presidential campaign the New York Times gives more emphasis to topics that are owned by the Democratic party (civil rights, health...

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Endogenous lobbying

Felli, Leonardo; Merlo, Antonio - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

In this paper we present a citizen-candidate model of representative democracy with endogenous lobbying. We find that lobbying induces policy compromise and always affects equilibrium policy outcomes. In particular, even though the policy preferences of lobbies are relatively extreme, lobbying...

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Testing models of distributive politics using exit polls to measure voter preferences and partisanship

Larcinese, Valentino; Snyder (Jr.), James M.; Testa, Cecilia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

This paper tests various hypotheses about distributive politics by studying the distribution of federal spending across U.S. states over the period 1978-2002. We improve on previous work by using survey data to measure the share of voters in each state that are Democrats, Republicans, and...

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The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India

Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

The determinants of government responsiveness to its citizens is a key issue in political economy. Here we develop a model based on the solution of political agency problems. Having a more informed an politically active electorate strengthens incentives for governments to be responsive. This...

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Minority representation and policy choices: the significance of legislator identity

Pande, Rohini - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

Disadvantaged groups tend also to constitute population minorities. One consequence of this is that the policies implemented by electorally accountable governments often fail to reflect minority interests. A policy solution is to enhance the political power of minority groups as a vehicle for...

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Voting behaviour and public employment in Nazi Germany

Maurer, Stephan E. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

This paper analyses whether the German National Socialists used economic policies to reward their voters after their rise to power in 1933. Using data on public employment in the armed forces, public administrations and related professions from the German occupational censuses in 1925, 1933 and...

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Policy experimentation, political competition, and heterogeneous beliefs

Millner, Antony; Ollivier, Hélène; Simon, Leo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

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Political credit cycles: the case of the Euro zone

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Garicano, Luis; Santos, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

We study the mechanisms through which the adoption of the Euro delayed, rather than advanced, economic reforms in the Euro zone periphery and led to the deterioration of important institutions in these countries. We show that the abandonment of the reform process and the institutional...

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