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Power over Prosecutors Corrupts Politicians: Cross Country Evidence Using a New Indicator

Aaken, Anne van; Feld, Lars P.; Voigt, Stefan - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2008

hypothesis is put to an empirical test focusing on a particular kind of crime, namely corruption. In order to test it, it was … show that de facto independence of prosecution agencies robustly reduces corruption of officials. …

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Demographic transition and political stability: Does corruption matter?

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Witthuhn, Stefan - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2014

hypothesize that corruption matters in this nexus. Using panel data covering the period of 2002–2012 for more than 150 countries … total working age population (15-64 years old) and corruption on political stability. This finding is robust, controlling … between corruption and the youth population remains robust when we control for the persistency of political stability and the …

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Natural Resource Production, Corruption, and Expropriation

Dadasov, Ramin; Hefeker, Carsten; Lorz, Oliver - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2014

resource-rich countries, the decision of host governments to expropriate these investments, and the level of corruption. Higher … production. Moreover, resource production leads to high levels of corruption. Our theoretical results are confirmed by … estimations of a simultaneous equation model for 50 resource-rich countries in which we endogenize expropriation risk, corruption …

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Does Arbitration Blossom when State Courts are Bad?

Voigt, Stefan - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2009

It is often conjectured that non-state dispute resolution blossoms when state courts are not independent or are perceived as low-quality courts. This conjecture implies a substitutive relationship between state and non-state dispute resolution. An alternative hypothesis argues that both the...

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Illegal, Immoral, Fattening or What?: How Deterrence and Responsive Regulation Shape Tax Morale

Feld, Lars P.; Frey, Bruno S. - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2004

The traditional economic approach to tax evasion does not appear to be particularly successful in explaining the extent of tax compliance. It is often argued that reciprocity norms which establish a fiscal exchange between the state and the citizens shape tax morale to a large extent. In that...

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Correlates and Determinants of Direct Democracy

Blume, Lorenz; Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2015

This paper studies correlates and determinants of direct democracy institutions (DDIs), such as referendums and initiatives, based on the premise that constitutions themselves are endogenous. Our sample covers as many as 132 countries from 1950 to 2006. We find that the likelihood that a country...

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Political Institutions and Government Spending Behavior in Iran

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Dizaji, Sajjad Faraji - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2014

This study examines how quality of political institutions affects the distribution of government budget and how development of government spending in major sections shapes the political institutions in Iran. This question has become especially important due to recent international sanctions,...

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Political Leaders Socioeconomic Background and Public Budget Deficits: Evidence from OECD Countries

Hayo, Bernd; Neumeier, Florian - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2013

This paper empirically analyses the relationship between political leaders socioeconomic backgrounds and public budget deficits utilising panel data on 21 OECD countries from 1980 to 2008. Building on sociological, as well as economic, research, we argue that the socioeconomic status of...

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Public Preferences for Government Spending Priorities: Survey Evidence from Germany

Hayo, Bernd; Neumeier, Florian - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2014

Employing data from a representative survey conducted in Germany, this paper examines public preferences for the size and composition of government expenditure. We focus on public attitudes toward taxes, public debt incurrence, and public spending in six different policy areas. Our findings...

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Political Leaders’ Socioeconomic Background and Fiscal Performance in Germany

Hayo, Bernd; Neumeier, Florian - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2011

This paper investigates whether the socioeconomic status of the head of government helps explain fiscal performance. Applying sociological research that attributes differences in people’s ways of thinking and acting to their relative standing within society, we test whether the social status...

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