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This paper analyzes whether political outcomes in local democracies are determinedby the preferences of the median -typically poor- agents or whether they reflect thewishes of the wealthy elites. A model shows that when politicians belonging to differentgroups can form coalitions, the wealthy...
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managed by a selectorate - a group ofindividuals on whom the leader depends to hold onto power. Goodpolicy is … institutionalized when the selectorate removes poorly per-forming leaders from office. This requires that the selectorate's holdon power … causes, that successful autocracies appear to have foundways for selectorates to nominate successors without losing power …
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Recent government pronouncements in the UK and above all the recent Conservative Party (2008) policy document on …
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We propose a distinction between active waste and passive waste as determinantsof the cost of public services. Active waste entails utility for the publicdecision maker (as in the case of bribery) whereas passive waste does not (asin the case of inefficiency due to red tape). To assess the...
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which the expenditure policy (or the size of government) ischosen by majority voting and income taxation is consistently …
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The new Labour Government in Britain has made the reduction of childpoverty one of its central objectives. This paper …
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Government policies on disability – and criticism of them – rest in parton an understanding of the circumstances of …
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