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The efficacy and efforts of interest groups in post elections policy formation
Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2012
what condition an interest group prefers to direct its lobbying efforts to two parties or the two coalition and opposition … discipline. The lobbying efforts under un-enforced and enforced party discipline are also compared. Finally, we clarify the … parties ; ideological predispositions ; electoral power ; post-elections lobbying ; enforced party discipline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675135
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Factor shares, redistribution and growth in a captured democracy
Vindigni, Andrea - 2024
political power at the expenses of the median voter. In particular, investments in lobbying activities allow the rich to obtain … variable taxes and lobbying. In addition, it is established the existence of a transitional dynamics featuring convergence to a … balanced growth path, characterized by constant taxes and lobbying (and a constant growth rate of consumption and capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014461501
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Elite capture, political voice and exclusion from aid : an experimental study
D'Exelle, Ben (contributor); Riedl, Arno (contributor) - 2008
We experimentally study the influence of local information conditions on elite capture and social exclusion in community-based development schemes with heterogeneous groups. Not only information on the distribution of aid resources through community-based schemes, but also information on who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003754910
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Redistributive politics and market efficiency : an experimental study
Großer, Jens; Reuben, Ernesto - 2009
equilibrium predictions. -- Redistribution ; double auction ; elections ; lobbying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003910210
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Frontier issues of the political economy of migration
Epstein, Gil S. - 2012
affect, via a lobbying process, the choice of public policy. We also consider how interest groups and lobbying activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009620941
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The different extent of privatisation proceeds in EU countries : a preliminary explanation using a public choice approach
Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2005
This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations can be mainly interpreted (a) as ingredients of a larger reform package of economic liberalisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003095430
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Temporary jobs, employment protection and labor market performance
Cahuc, Pierre; Postel-Vinay, Fabien - 2001
Many European labor markets are characterized by heavy employment protection taxes and the widespread use of fixed-duration contracts. The simultaneous use of these two policy instruments seems somewhat contradictory since the former primarily aims at limiting job destruction whereas the latter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391776
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Committee decision-making under the threat of leaks
Fehrler, Sebastian; Hahn, Volker - 2020
Leaks are pervasive in politics. Hence, many committees that nominally operate under secrecy de facto operate under the threat that information might be passed on to outsiders. We study theoretically and experimentally how this possibility affects the behavior of committee members and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012295187
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Political preferences and public sector outsourcing
Elinder, Mikael; Jordahl, Henrik - 2012
Given the intensive and ideologically charged debate over the use of private contractors for publicly funded services, it is somewhat surprising that many social scientists have preferred to explain government outsourcing by the pursuit of economic efficiency. Starting out from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548714
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Sorting around the discontinuity threshold : the case of a neighbourhood investment programme
Gerritsen, Sander; Webbink, Herman Dinand; Weel, Bas ter - 2016
This paper investigates the empirical validity of the setup of a large-scale government neighbourhood investment programme in the Netherlands. Selection of neighbourhoods into the programme was determined by their score on a predetermined index. At first sight this is a textbook example for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455668