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The trade-off between deepening and broadening of democracy : lessons from youth enfranchisement
Koukal, Anna Maria; Schafer, Patricia; Eichenberger, Reiner - 2020
Broadening democracy by lowering the voting age is on the political agenda in many democratic societies. Previous suffrage extensions suggest that there are systematic differences between what parliaments decide and what voters want with respect to enfranchisement of new groups. This paper...
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Labor market turnover and inequality in Latin America
Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino; Narita, Renata Del Tedesco - 2023
This paper describes the patterns of worker turnover in selected Latin American countries and their implications for wage inequality. It documents a higher positive annual wage growth rate for job to job changers compared to stayers, due to turnover capturing the immediate gains from search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014550817
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On the long-run unemployment, inflation, and volatility
Fasani, Stefano - 2021
This paper builds up a simple New Keynesian model and revisits the relationship between unemployment and in ation in … beyond the tradeoff between the first moments of unemployment and infl ation provided by the short-run Phillips curve. Higher … volatility in ifln ation raises unemployment at low-frequency. Increased volatility in infl ation makes nominal wages more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012429726
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Importing inequality : immigration and the top 1 percent
Advani, Arun; Koenig, Felix; Pessina, Lorenzo; Summers, Andy - 2020
In this paper we study the contribution of migrants to the rise in UK top incomes. Using administrative data on the universe of UK taxpayers we show migrants are over-represented at the top of the income distribution, with migrants twice as prevalent in the top 0.1% as anywhere in the bottom...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012292743
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Institutions and the environment : existing evidence and future directions
Dasgupta, Shouro; De Cian, Enrica - 2016
In this review we synthetize the existing contributions that use econometric approaches to examine the influence of institutions and governance on environmental policy, environmental outcomes, and investments. The paper describes how the relationship between institutions and various response...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485706
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Actors, decision-making, and institutions in quantitative system modelling
De Cian, Enrica; Dasgupta, Shouro; Hof, Andries F.; … - 2017
Increasing the realism with respect to the representation of actors, decision-making, and institutions is critical to better understand the transition towards a low-carbon sustainable society since actors, decision-making, and institutions are the defining elements of transition pathways. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715004
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What does it take to sell environmental policy? : an empirical analysis of referendum data
Halbheer, Daniel (contributor); Niggli, Sarah (contributor);  … - 2003 - June 2003, revised April 2005
We analyze the factors that influence the support for environmental policy proposals. Swiss referendum data show that proposals obtain more yes-votes if they do not restrict consumption possibilities directly, if they are endorsed by the largest business association, if environmental preferences...
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Oil revenues, ethnic fragmentation and political transition of authoritarian regimes
Cologni, Alessandro; Manera, Matteo - 2012
Natural resources are generally associated to negative effects on the political environment of a country. This paper explores the impact that oil revenues have on the establishment of a given political system. Based on previous literature, a political economy perspective is employed. A simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535530
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Democracy, property rights, income equality, and corruption
Bin Dong; Torgler, Benno - 2011
This paper presents theoretical and empirical evidence on the nexus between corruption and democracy. We establish a political economy model where the effect of democracy on corruption is conditional on income distribution and property rights protection. Our empirical analysis with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008808082
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Clean or "dirty" energy : evidence on a renewable energy resource curse
Gennaioli, Caterina; Tavoni, Massimo - 2011
The aim of this paper is to provide an assessment of the potential for resource curse in the renewable energy sector. Taking a political economy approach, we analyze the link between public support schemes for renewable energy and the potential scope for rent seeking and corruption. The insights...
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