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Stochastic Dominance, Poverty and the Treatment Effect Curve
Verme, Paolo - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 1, pp. 365-373
The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010629397
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Stochastic Dominance, Poverty and the Treatment Effect Curve
Verme, Paolo - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 1, pp. 365-373
The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562903
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Stochastic Dominance, Poverty and the Treatment Effect Curve
Verme, Paolo - 2010
The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148313
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Relative Deprivation with Imperfect Information
Verme, Paolo; Izem, Rima - In: Economics Bulletin 4 (2008) 7, pp. 1-9
The paper proposes an alternative index of relative deprivation which allows for selection of the reference group and imperfect information, two central elements of modern theories of social justice. An application to real data and a simulation on artificial data illustrate the use and some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005416881
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Relative Deprivation with Imperfect Information
Verme, Paolo; Izem, Rima - In: Economics Bulletin 4 (2008) 7, pp. 1-9
The paper proposes an alternative index of relative deprivation which allows for selection of the reference group and imperfect information, two central elements of modern theories of social justice. An application to real data and a simulation on artificial data illustrate the use and some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010629515
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Two Classes of Generalized Deprivation Indexes
Verme, Paolo - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 3, pp. 2021-2029
The paper uses two particular formulations of the Gini index to derive two different relative deprivation measures. We then generalize the formulation of these measures following Donaldson and Weymark (1980) and Berrebi and Silber (1985) and show how these generalizations can be considered as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149964
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Politics of randomness
Epstein, Gil S.; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2002
clarify how stake asymmetry, lobbying-skill asymmetry and return to lobbying effort determine the relative desirability, from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011513996
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The efficacy and efforts of interest groups in post elections policy formation
Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2012
what condition an interest group prefers to direct its lobbying efforts to two parties or the two coalition and opposition … discipline. The lobbying efforts under un-enforced and enforced party discipline are also compared. Finally, we clarify the … parties ; ideological predispositions ; electoral power ; post-elections lobbying ; enforced party discipline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683353
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Effort and performance in public-policy contests
Epstein, Gil S.; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2002
prizes has the perverse effect of increasing their aggregate lobbying efforts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408720
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Political culture and monopoly price determination
Epstein, Gil S.; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2002
components: expected social welfare and lobbying efforts. The welfare component has a positive or no effect on the utility while … the lobbying efforts have a positive, negative or no effect on the utility (ii) introducing the political culture of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408927