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Tax Rules
Gersbach, Hans; Hahn, Volker; Imhof, Stephan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We examine the provision of public projects under tax and subsidy rules. We find that tax rules separated from project cum subsidy decisions exhibit several advantages when incentive problems of the agenda-setter are taken into account. In particular, tax rules may prevent the proposal of...
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Debt-sensitive Majority Rules
Becker, Johannes Gerd; Gersbach, Hans; Grimm, Oliver - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We examine debt-sensitive majority rules. According to such a rule, the higher a planned public debt, the higher the parliamentary majority required to approve it. In a two-period model we compare debt-sensitive majority rules with the simple majority rule when individuals differ regarding their...
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Bringing Home the Bacon: An empirical analysis of the extent and effects of pork-barreling in Australian politics
Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2008
Which electorates receive targeted funding, and does targeted funding swing votes? To answer these questions, I analyze four discretionary programs funded by the Australian federal government during the 2001-2004 election cycle. Controlling for relevant demographic characteristics of the...
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Economic Voting and Electoral Behaviour: How do Individual, Local and National Factors Affect the Partisan Choice?
Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2005
What impact do income and other demographic factors have on a voter’s partisan choice? Using post-election surveys of 14,000 voters in ten Australian elections between 1966 and 2001, I explore the impact that individual, local and national factors have on voters’ decisions. In these ten...
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Clientelism and Aid
Casamatta, Georges; Vellutini, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Using a model of probabilistic voting, we analyse the impact of aid on the political equilibrium in the recipient …
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Government Transfers and Political Support
Manacorda, Marco; Miguel, Edward; Vigorito, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
the probabilistic voting model in political economy. Effects persist after the cash transfer program ends. We estimate …
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Flexible Majority Rules for Central Banks
Gersbach, Hans; Pachl, Bernhard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We propose a flexible majority rule for central bank councils where the size of the majority depends monotonically on the change in interest rate within a particular time frame. Small changes in interest rate require a small share of supporting votes, even less than 50%. We show that flexible...
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Why Vote for Losers?
Castanheira, Micael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Voting Theory generally concludes that, in first-past-the-post elections, all votes should go to effective candidates …) there is uncertainty on the position of the median voter and (iii) elections are repeated. ‘Voting for losers’ increases the …
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Storable Votes
Casella, Alessandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
but novel voting scheme for binary decisions taken by committees that meet regularly over time. At each meeting, committee …
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How Do Unionists Vote? Estimating the Causal Impact of Union Membership on Voting Behaviour from 1966 to 2004
Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006
I explore the voting patterns of trade union members in Australian elections conducted between 1966 and 2004, and find …, unionists have not become more pro-Labor. Analysing unionists’ voting behaviour by gender, I find that male unionists were more … between union membership and voting reflects a causal relationship. …
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