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Coups, Regime Transition, and the Dynamics of Press Freedom
Bjørnskov, Christian - 2018
This paper explores the dynamics of press freedom around events that threaten or oust the incumbent regime of a country …. While democracies on average grant the press more freedom, our theoretical starting point is that democracies and … government. We estimate the dynamics of press freedom around both failed and successful coups and find that although press …
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The interrelationship between formal and informal decentralization and its impact on sub-central governance performance: The case of Vietnam
Thanh, Thuy Vu; Zouikri, Messaoud; Deffains, Bruno - 2012
Formal and informal institutions are often viewed as complements or substitutes in empirical and theoretical works. However, no evidence of complementarities or substitutes is found in our empirical analysis of the interrelation between formal and informal decentralization across 64 provinces of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325617
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Strategic Choices for Redistribution and the Veil of Ignorance: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Gerber, Anke; Nicklisch, Andreas; Voigt, Stefan - 2013
We provide experimental evidence on the emergence of redistributive societies. Individuals first vote on redistribution by feet and then learn their productivity and invest. We vary the individuals' information about their productivities at the time when they choose a distribution rule and find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328802
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On the Political Economy of Complexity
Nitzan, Shmuel; Procaccia, Uriel; Tzur, Joseph - 2013
A substantial number of regulatory frameworks are commonly viewed by impartial observers as inordinately complex. Is there an explanation for this phenomenon? Employing a partial equilibrium model, this paper approaches the problem of complexity from a political-economy vantage point. It...
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Dial 911 for Murder: The Impact of Emergency Response Time on Homicides
Stratmann, Thomas; Thomas, David Chandler - 2016
Several theories have been offered to explain the recent declines in violent crime rates in the United States. We hypothesize that technological innovations, which improved information transmission and shortened the response time between an aggravated assault incident and treatment, reduced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011555582
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Moral Nimby-ism? Understanding Societal Support for Monetary Compensation to Plasma Donors in Canada
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario - 2018
The growing demand for plasma, especially for the manufacture of therapeutic products, creates an urgent need for a careful discussion on the relative merits of different procurement and allocation systems in a way that addresses the increasing demand while abiding by the prevailing moral values...
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Trust in public institutions over the business cycle
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2011
We document that trust in public institutions - and particularly trust in banks, business and government - has declined over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in institutions. Cross-country comparisons reveal a clear...
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The law and economics of enhancing cartel enforcement: Using information from non-cartel investigations to prosecute cartels
Ghosal, Vivek - 2011
I present the following proposal: information revealed during non-cartel investigations by competition law enforcement authorities, such as evaluation of M&As or investigation of monopolization (dominance) conduct, should be directly used to investigate and prosecute cartels. Currently, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277361
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The Rule of Law: Measurement and Deep Roots
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2015
of law. As theory on this specific question is scarce and the rule of law is closely associated with income levels, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431209
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Bad Boys: How Criminal Identity Salience Affects Rule Violation
Cohn, Alain; Maréchal, Michel André; Noll, Thomas - 2015
We conducted an experiment with 182 inmates from a maximum security prison to analyze the impact of criminal identity salience on cheating. The results show that inmates cheat more when we exogenously render their criminal identity more salient. This effect is specific to individuals who have a...
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