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Decision Making and Learning in a Globalizing World
Swank, Otto H.; Visser, Bauke - Tinbergen Institute - 2010
We study two aspects of globalization. It allows a decision-maker to go beyond his own local experience and to learn from other decision-makers in addressing common problems. This improves the identification and diffusion of best practices. It also provides extra information to `markets' that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838554
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The Political Economy of Financial Fragility
Feijen, Erik; Perotti, Enrico - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
followed by financial crises. We explain this variation as the outcome of lobbying interests capturing the reform process. Even … by more leveraged entrepreneurs, protecting more established producers. As a result, lobbying may deliberately worsen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144400
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The Impact of Lobbying on the Allocation of Political Authority
Falconieri, Sonia - Tinbergen Institute - 2001
This paper studies the internal organizational design of political institutions in presence of lobbying. We consider a … pattern of the feasible policies. In this context, we investigate the impact of lobbying on the optimal allocation of … of lobbying, the effectiveness of a closed rule as an incentive device towards the committee is noticeably reduced while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137098
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Bank Ownership and Financial Stability
Perotti, Enrico; Vorage, Marcel - Tinbergen Institute - 2010
We study a politician's choice for state or private control of banks. The choice trades of lobbying contributions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838581
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Lobbying of Firms by Voters
Dahm, Matthias; Dur, Robert; Glazer, Amihai - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
A firm may induce voters or elected politicians to support a policy it favors by suggesting that it is more likely to invest in a district whose voters or representatives support the policy. In equilibrium, no one vote may be decisive, and the policy may gain strong support though the majority...
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