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Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China
Miquel, Gerard Padro-i-; Qian, Nancy; Yao, Yang - eSocialSciences - 2013
This study examines how the economic effects of elections in rural China depend on voter heterogeneity, for which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945274
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Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China
Yao, Yang; Qia, Nancy; Bravo, Monica Martinez; Miquel, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
Unique survey data is used to study whether the introduction of local elections in China made local leaders more … the top-down introduction of elections across villages is studied to estimate the causal effects of elections and find … that elections affected policy outcomes in a way that is consistent with the predicted effects of increased local leader …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002244
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Abolishing Indonesia’s Direct Local Elections: Missing the Forest for the Trees?
Chen, Jonathan; Priamarizki, Adhi - eSocialSciences - 2014
The Indonesian House of Representatives is due to pass a bill ending direct elections of local leaders, leaving the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133121
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Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2014: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Candidates
ADR, Association for Democratic Reforms - eSocialSciences - 2014
candidates out of 4119 candidates who are contesting in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections of 2014. The effort has been to cover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133145
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Crystallizing Fault-lines: Turkey’s Democratic Durability at Risk
Serdaroglu, Ozan - eSocialSciences - 2013
In the aftermath of the anti-governmental Gezi demonstrations of May-June and the conclusion of the Ergenekon trial earlier this month, clear fault-lines are crystallizing in the Turkish political landscape, with parties reinforcing the divide by shoring up their respective core support bases....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133160
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Nepal’s Constituent Assembly Elections: A Lesson For The Convicted Politicians?
ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2013
As Nepal prepares to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections on 19th November 2013, there already seems to be one … elections. Law has finally caught up though accountability for the violations committed during the conflict remains elusive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133220
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Budget of Nepal 2011-12
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal - 2012
Budget speech by Nepal Finance Minister. URL:[http://www.mof.gov.np/publication/speech/2011/pdf/budgetspeech_english.pdf].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652274
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The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China
Yao, Yang; Bravo, Monica Martinez; Miquel, Gerard Padro i; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
This study investigates the effects of introducing elections on public goods and redistribution in rural China. A large … staggered timing of the introduction of elections for causal identification. It was found that elections significantly increase … local taxes. IT that elections cause significant income redistribution within villages. The results support the basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551149
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The 100 Laws Project: Compendium of Laws to be Repealed
CCS, Centre for Civil Society - eSocialSciences - 2014
100 laws are identified which can be repealed. The laws in this compendium need to be repealed on account of any one of three reasons: they are either redundant (having outlived their purpose), they have been superseded or subsumed by newer, more current laws, or they pose a material impediment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945351
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Elections 2014: What Do the Manifestos of Political Parties Promise Children?
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2014
A quick look at the manifestos of the five national political parties, Indian National Congress (INC), Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Aam Admi Party (AAP), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) and Samajwadi Party (SP) that most of them, barring the CPIM (Marxist) pay little attention to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945437