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Reciprocity networks and the participation problem
Dufwenberg, Martin; Patel, Amrish - 2014
Reciprocity can be a powerful motivation for human behaviour. Scholars argue that it is relevant in the context of private provision of public goods. We examine whether reciprocity can resolve the associated coordination problem. The interaction of reciprocity with cost-sharing is critical....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010383392
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Beyond the veil of ignorance : the influence of direct democracy on the shadow economy
Schneider, Friedrich; Teobaldelli, Désirée - 2012
In this paper we analyze the influence of direct democratic institutions on the size and development of the shadow economies. The framework developed predicts a negative relationship between the degree of direct democracy and the size of the shadow economy. Countries where direct democratic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009503812
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Beyond Bentham : measuring procedural utility
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2001
. We find that participation rights provide more procedural utility in terms of a feeling of self-determination and … influence than actual participation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398899
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Political socialization in flux? : linking family non-intactness during childhood to adult civic engagement
Hener, Timo; Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2012
Over the last several decades, there has been a widespread decrease in civic engagement coinciding with a breakdown in traditional family structures in many countries throughout the developed world. According to Putnam in Bowling alone (2000), however, none of the major declines in civic...
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Democratic participation and the size of regions : an empirical study using data on German counties
Seitz, Helmut (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003630738
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Biased policy and political behavior
Ben Basaṭ, Avi; Dahan, Momi - 2016
public policy may foster or dampen political participation depending on social group affiliation. The policy change we use to … boxes in national elections and they tend to vote more for Arab parties. In contrast, the political participation of Jewish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586205
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Political participation and the welfare state
Borck, Rainald - 2018
A large literature has claimed that higher political participation increases welfare spending. In this paper, I review … this literature. I study the theoretical link between participation and redistributive spending. Then, I survey the … empirical literature on the link between education, income and political participation, as well as that between political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867915
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Government decentralization and international government performance
Goel, Rajeev K.; Mazhar, Ummad; Nelson, Michael A.; … - 2016
Adding to the literature on the effects of government decentralization, this paper uses a large sample of individual responses from more than a hundred countries about public's perceptions of government's performance along various dimensions to study the relative influences of different types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515296
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Coordinating VATs between EU member states
Genser, Bernd - 2002
The paper surveys the characteristics of the common European VAT system, proposed by the EU-Commission to overcome the weaknesses of the transitional European VAT system, which was enacted in 1993 and is still in force. We argue that a harmonized VAT rate will generate substantial costs for EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408932
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Deterrence and morale in taxation : an empirical analysis
Frey, Bruno S.; Feld, Lars P. - 2002
The standard model of tax evasion based on the subjective expected utility maximization does not perform particularly well in econometric analyses: it predicts too little evasion and produces unsatisfactory econometric parameter estimates. The model is extended by looking at how the tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410640