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: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order …
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There is a widespread consensus among the most important players in developed countries (voters, politicians, producers, traditional and green interest groups and bureaucracies) that a shift towards an eco-social market economy is essential for sustainable growth. Nevertheless, market-based...
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Gordon Tullock has been one of the most important founders and contributors to Public Choice. Two innovations are typical “Tullock Challenges." The first relates to method: The measurement of subjective well-being, or happiness. The second relates to digital social networks such as Facebook,...
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We explore how the vertical structure of direct democracy in a federal context affects expenditure decisions of sub … of direct democracy. This allows us to take into account vertical differences between institutions, i.e. we can … distinguish the effect of state direct democracy on local expenditures for municipalities with and without own direct democratic …
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We study the relationship between participation in free trade agreements (FTAs) and the sustainability of democracy …
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We use a new dataset on non-resource GDP to examine the impact of commodity price volatility on economic growth in a panel of up to 158 countries during the period 1970-2007. Our main finding is that commodity price volatility leads to a significant increase in non-resource GDP growth in...
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We examine the effect of the interaction between resource rents and democracy on corruption for a panel of 29 Sub …
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We examine the effects that variations in the international food prices have on democracy and intra-state conflict …
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The paper reexamines Lipset's theory of democratization, by distinguishing the role of (economic) development from that of education, inequality, and (natural) resources. We highlight two contrasting effects of education and human capital accumulation. On the one side, education prompts economic...
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We examine the extent to which political scandals influence trust in electoral institutions in established Western democracies. The second ballot of the 2016 Presidential election in Austria needed to be repeated because of inconsistencies in individual electoral districts (scandal districts)....
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