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One size fits all? : decentralization, corruption, and the monitoring of bureaucrats

Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009

The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues … that the devolution of power might be a feasible instrument to keep corruption at bay. We argue that this result crucially …-country data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the …

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Do institutions of direct democracy tame the leviathan? : Swiss evidence on the structure of expenditure for public education

Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2005

The deleterious impact of institutions of direct legislation on student performance found in studies for both the U.S. and Switzerland has raised the question of what its transmission channels are. For the U.S., an increase in the ratio of administrative to instructional spending and larger...

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The citizen-candidate model with imperfect policy control

Aytimur, R. Emre; Boukouras, Aristotelis; Schwager, Robert - 2012

We examine the two-candidate equilibria of the citizen-candidate model when the implemented policy arises from a compromise between the government and an unelected external power. We show that the equilibria of this model differ significantly from the original: the distance between the...

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What are the Priorities of Bureaucrats? Evidence from Conjoint Experiments with Procurement Officials

Tukiainen, Janne; Blesse, Sebastian; Bohne, Albrecht; … - 2023

While effective bureaucracy is crucial for state capacity, its decision-making remains a black box. We elicit … having sizeable discretion and minimal extrinsic incentives. Through conjoint experiments, we identify the relative …

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Selecting the Best of Us? Politician Quality in Village Councils in West Bengal, India

Chaudhuri, Ananish; Iversen, Vegard; Jensenius, Francesca R. - 2020

Who gets elected to political office? The negative selection hypothesis posits that the inherently dishonest run for office, expecting to earn political rent. Alternatively, the positive selection hypothesis suggests that individuals join politics to make a difference. Developing country...

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Why is the public sector more labor-intensive?

Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2004

A relatively high labor-intensity in government-run entities need not imply slack in their organization. Rather, it is a rational reaction to various forms of wage tax advantage that the public sector has over private firms. Even though an unequal tax treatment of public and private sectors...

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Does Public Sector Outsourcing Decrease Public Employment? Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries

Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

I examine the extent to which public sector outsourcing relates to public employment in OECD countries. I use new panel data on public sector outsourcing. The sample includes 26 countries over the period 2009-2015. Contrary to common expectations, the results do not suggest that public sector...

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Efficiency Wages with Motivated Agents

Armouti-Hansen, Jesper - 2020

Many organizations nowadays combine profits with a social mission. This paper reveals a new hidden benefit of the mission: its role in facilitating the emergence of efficiency wages. We show that in a standard gift-exchange principals highly underestimate agents' reciprocity and, thereby, offer...

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Labor Market Hardships and Preferences for Public Sector Employment and Employers : Evidence from Russia

Jin, Olivia; Pyle, William - 2021

A growing literature connects labor market hardships to stronger preferences for government welfare and redistribution programs. Potential preference shifts with respect to other types of state involvement in the economy, however, have gone unexplored. We draw on both longitudinal and...

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Arm's Length Provision of Public Services

Bennedsen, Morten; Schultz, Christian - 2021

We analyze the economic consequences of strategic delegation of the right to decide between public or private provision of a governmental service and/or the authority to negotiate and renegotiate with the chosen service provider. Our model encompasses both bureaucratic delegation from a...

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