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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 …

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Coordinating tasks in M-form and U-form organisations

Qian, Yingyi; Roland, Gerard; Xu, Cheng-Gang - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

We model the coordination of specialised tasks inside an organisation as "attribute matching". Using this method, we compare the performance of organisational forms (M-form and U-form) in implementing changes such as innovation and reform. In our framework, organisational forms affect the...

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Achieving innovation in central government organisations

Dunleavy, Patrick; Margetts, Helen; Bastow, Simon; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

The role of innovations in improving government productivity and the effectiveness of services has previously been … administrative innovations in central government are diverse, but most involve improving performance management, introducing new IT … projects or web services, as well as some physical technology changes. Many recent projects focus on joining up government and …

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Government corruption and legislative procedures: is one chamber better than two?

Testa, Cecilia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

This paper studies the impact of the competition between lobbies and voters on policy outcomes under alternative legislative procedures. Lobbies and citizens have opposing interests in a public policy and offer money and votes, respectively, to legislators to obtain their preferred policy....

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The origins of state capacity: property rights, taxation and politics

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

Economists generally assume that the state has sufficient institutional capacity to support markets and levy taxes. This paper develops a framework where "policy choices" in market regulation and taxation are constrained by past investments in legal and fiscal capacity. It studies the economic...

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Electoral Misgovernance Cycles: Evidence from wildfires and tax evasion in Greece and elsewhere

Skouras, Spyros; Christodoulakis, Nicos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

We present detailed empirical evidence that around Greek elections, misgovernance results in significant increases in wildfires and tax evasion and with important economic implications: the cumulative cost of these effects in recent years has been over 8% of GDP and has therefore been a...

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Term limits and electoral accountability

Smart, Michael; Sturm, Daniel M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

Periodic elections are the main instrument through which voters can hold politicians accountable. From this perspective term limits, which restrict voters’ ability to reward politicians with re-election, appear counterproductive. We show that despite the disciplining effect of elections, term...

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Land reform, poverty reduction and growth : evidence from India

Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

In recent times there has been a renewed interest in relationships between redistribution, growth and welfare. Land reforms have been central to strategies to improve the asset base of the poor in developing countries thought their effectiveness has been hindered by political constraints on...

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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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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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