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Social costs of inequality : heterogeneous endowments in public-good experiments

Keser, Claudia; Markstädter, Andreas; Schmidt, Martin B.; … - 2014

We compare voluntary contributions to the financing of a public good in a symmetric setting to those in asymmetric settings, in which four players have different, randomly allocated endowments. We observe that a weak asymmetry in the endowment distribution leads to the same contribution level as...

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Pocketbook voting, social preferences, and expressive motives in referenda

Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert - 2017

We develop and test a theory of voting and turnout decisions that integrates self-interest, social preferences, and … pocketbook benefits do not explain voting, then voting is expressive. If the perceived probability of being pivotal is non … strongly influence participation and voting. However, social or expressive motives, such as stated altruism, environmental …

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On ignorant voters and busy politicians

Aytimur, R. Emre; Bruns, Christian - 2015

We show that a large electorate of ignorant voters can succeed in establishing high levels of electoral accountability. In our model an incumbent politician is confronted with a large number of voters who receive very noisy signals about her performance. We find that the accountability problem...

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Is economic development affected by the leaders' education levels? : evidence from India

Jain, Chandan; Kashyap, Shagun; Lahoti, Rahul; Sahoo, Soham - 2022

Although formal education is often considered an indicator of political leaders' quality, the evidence on the effectiveness of educated leaders is mixed. Besides, minimum education qualifications are increasingly being used as requirements for contesting elections, making it critical to...

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Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany

Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana - 2013

In 2001, the state parliament of the German federal state of Hesse abolished a 5 percent legal electoral threshold for … threshold. The dataset covers all 426 Hessian municipalities over the period 1989-2011. Our results suggest that the seat and …

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Inequality and voting in fragile countries : evidence from Mozambique

Bove, Margherita; Egger, Eva-Maria; Jones, Sam; … - 2024

economic inequality affects voting and other forms of political participation. This evidence is largely driven by advanced …. In line with prior theoretical expectations, we find a negative association between inequality and voting for the …

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Informational asymmetries in laboratory asset markets with state-dependent fundamentals

Keser, Claudia; Markstädter, Andreas - 2014 - This version: September 25, 2014

We investigate the formation of market prices in a new experimental setting involving multi-period call-auction asset markets with state-dependent fundamentals. We are particularly interested in two informational aspects: (1) the role of traders who are informed about the true state and/or (2)...

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Public disclosure for pollution abatement : African decision-makers in a PROPER public good experiment

Akpalu, Wisdom; Abidoye, Babatunde; Muchapondwa, Edwin; … - 2015

A linear public good experiment has been employed to investigate strategic behaviour in pollution abatement among African climate decision-makers. The experiment consisted of three groups of which Group 1 did not receive any treatments, and Groups 2 and 3 received one and two treatments,...

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Informational asymmetries in laboratory asset markets with state-dependent fundamentals

Keser, Claudia; Markstädter, Andreas - 2014

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The role of communication on an experimental market for tradable development rights

Proeger, Till; Meub, Lukas; Bizer, Kilian - 2016

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