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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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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621793
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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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Politicians : be killed or survive
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003791827
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Research governance in academia : are there alternatives to academic rankings?
Osterloh, Margit; Frey, Bruno S. - 2009
Peer reviews and rankings today are the backbone of research governance, but recently came under scrutiny. They take explicitly or implicitly agency theory as a theoretical basis. The emerging psychological economics opens a new perspective. As scholarly research is a mainly curiosity driven...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887431
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Central bank boards around the world : why does membership size differ?
Berger, Helge (contributor); Nitsch, Volker (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003462873