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Epstein, Gil S.; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2002

clarify how stake asymmetry, lobbying-skill asymmetry and return to lobbying effort determine the relative desirability, from …

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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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Lobbying and Compromise

Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); Nitsan, Shemuʾel (contributor) - 2005

The compromise enhancing effect of lobbying on public policy has been established in two typical settings. In the first … demonstrate that in the latter setting, the compromising effect of lobbying need not exist. Our reduced-form, two-stage public …) desires to suckle thereby threatening the public well being more than the lobbying interest groups. The main result specifies …

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Strategic restraint in contests

Epstein, Gil S.; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2000

lobbying activities. …

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Diasporas

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Özden, Çağlar - 2009

Migration flows are shaped by a complex combination of self-selection and out-selection mechanisms. In this paper, we analyze how existing diasporas (the stock of people born in a country and living in an another one) affect the size and human-capital structure of current migration flows. Our...

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Migration and networks : does education matter more than gender?

Beine, Michel; Salomone, Sara - 2010

This paper looks at the impact of networks on international migration flows to OECD countries. In particular, we look at whether diaspora effects are different across education levels and gender. Using new data allowing to include both dimensions, we are able to analyze the respective impact of...

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Dissecting network externalities in international migration

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Özden, Çağlar - 2011

Existing migrant networks play an important role in explaining the size and structure of immigration flows. They affect the net benefits of migration for future migrants by lowering assimilation costs ("self-selection" channel) and increase the probability of potential migrants to obtain a visa...

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The determinants of international mobility of students

Beine, Michel; Noël, Romain; Ragot, Lionel - 2012

This paper analyzes the determinants of the choice of location of international students. Building on the documented trends in international migration of students, we develop a small theoretical model allowing to identify the various factors associated to the attraction of migrants as well as...

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