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Electoral Cycles in Perceived Corruption : International Empirical Evidence
Potrafke, Niklas - 2019
I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public … sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International’s Perception of Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections …
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Corruption and Economic Growth : New Empirical Evidence
Gründler, Klaus - 2019
The nexus between corruption and economic growth has been examined for a long time. Many empirical studies measured … corruption by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of Corruption Index (CPI) and ignored that the CPI was not … 2012-2018 and re-examine the nexus between corruption and economic growth. The cumulative long-run effect of corruption on …
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Can Moral Reminders Curb Corruption? Evidence from an Online Classroom Experiment
Claus, Corinna; Koehler, Ekkehard A.; Krieger, Tim - 2022
deontological moral reminder (“corruption is immoral”) leads to a significant reduction in accepting bribes. A consequentialist …
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Does terrorism reduce life satisfaction?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - In: Applied economics letters 24 (2017) 13/15, pp. 893-896
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Election Systems, the "Beauty Premium" in Politics, and the Beauty of Dissent
Potrafke, Niklas; Rösch, Marcus; Ursprung, Heinrich - 2020
We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates into electoral success? Second, do political parties strategically exploit the “beauty premium” when deciding on which candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use...
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Election Systems, the "Beauty Premium" in Politics, and the Beauty of Dissent
Potrafke, Niklas - 2020
We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates into electoral success? Second, do political parties strategically exploit the "beauty premium" when deciding on which candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833726
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Supermajorities and Political Rent Extraction
Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2015
Models of political competition portray political candidates as seeking the support of the median voter to win elections by majority voting. In practice, political candidates seek supermajorities rather than majorities based on support of the median voter. We study the political benefits from...
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Oil Wealth and Property Rights
de Soysa, Indra; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2020
We empirically examine the impact of oil wealth on property rights protection for a sample of 156 countries between 1960 and 2014. We find that higher levels of oil wealth result in weaker private property rights. This result is robust to different instrumental-variable approaches and...
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Oil Wealth and Property Rights
Soysa, Indra - 2020
We empirically examine the impact of oil wealth on property rights protection for a sample of 156 countries between 1960 and 2014. We find that higher levels of oil wealth result in weaker private property rights. This result is robust to different instrumental-variable approaches and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832191
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Outside Earnings, Absence, and Activity: Evidence from Germany Parliamentarians
Arnold, Felix; Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014
We examine moonlighting by politicians in Germany. In July 2007, the German Supreme Court adjudicated that members of parliament (MPs) have to publish details of their outside earnings. Using panel data models, we investigate how outside earnings are correlated with absence and parliamentary...
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