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Frey, Bruno S. (contributor); Torgler, Benno (contributor) - 2008

In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...

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Social welfare and coercion in public finance

Winer, Stanley L. (contributor); … - 2008

This paper develops an expanded framework for social planning in which the existence of coercion is explicitly acknowledged. Key issues concern the precise definition of coercion for individuals and in the aggregate, its difference from redistribution, and its incorporation into normative...

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Private provision of public goods and information diffusion in social groups

Scharf, Kimberley Ann - 2013 - This version: June 2013

We describe a dynamic model of costly information sharing, where private information affecting collective-value actions is transmitted by social proximity. Individuals make voluntary contributions towards the provision of a pure public good, and information transmission about quality of...

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Theories of fairness and reciprocity : evidence and economic applications

Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2000

Most economic models are based on the self-interest hypothesis that assumes that all people are exclusively motivated by their material self-interest. In recent years experimental economists have gathered overwhelming evidence that systematically refutes the self-interest hypothesis and suggests...

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The weak rationality principle in economics

Kirchgässner, Gebhard (contributor) - 2005

The weak rationality principle is not an empirical statement but a heuristic rule of how to proceed in social sciences …-foundation and, therefore, employ the rationality assumption in economic models. Then, with reference to the ‘bounded rationality … a part of the rationality assumption. We conclude with some remarks on handling the problems of ‘free will’ as well as …

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Regime spoiler or regime pawn : the military and distributional conflict in non-democracies

Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2014

I consider a model in which an autocrat can be removed from power either through a military coup or a revolution by the citizens. In the event of a revolt by the citizens, the military may choose to support the autocrat to crush the revolt or play a passive role. The autocrat determines the...

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Political institutions and policy outcomes : what are the stylized facts?

Persson, Torsten; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2001

We investigate the effect of electoral rules and political regimes on fiscal policy outcomes in a panel of 61 democracies from 1960 and onwards. In presidential regimes, the size of government is smaller and less responsive to income shocks, compared to parliamentary regimes. Under majoritarian...

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Tullock challenges : happiness, revolutions and democracy

Frey, Bruno S. - 2011

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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Voting suffrage and the political budget cycle : evidence from the London Metropolitan Boroughs 1902 - 1937

Aidt, Toke; Mooney, Graham - 2014

We study the opportunistic political budget cycle in the London Metropolitan Boroughs between 1902 and 1937 under two different suffrage regimes: taxpayer suffrage (1902-1914) and universal suffrage (1921-1937). We argue and find supporting evidence that the political budget cycle operates...

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The political sustainability of a basic income scheme and social health insurance

Kifmann, Mathias; Roeder, Kerstin - 2014

This paper studies how society votes on the payroll taxes of a basic income and a social health insurance scheme. Individuals differ along the two most important dimensions when it comes to the design of the two welfare schemes, namely, income and risk. Even though the introduction of a basic...

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