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What are the priorities of bureaucrats? : evidence from conjoint experiments with procurement officials
Tukiainen, Janne; Blesse, Sebastian; Bohne, Albrecht; … - 2021 - This version: March 25, 2021
A well-functioning bureaucracy is a precondition for efficient public goods provision. However, bureaucratic decision-making is still largely seen as a black box. We provide novel insights into the preferences of bureaucrats regarding their work outcomes. We focus on a major public sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012504859
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Corruption and economic growth : does the size of the government matter?
Afonso, António; Rodrigues, Eduardo de Sá Fortes Leitão - 2021
Corruption is often a source of contentious debate, covering different areas of knowledge, such as philosophy and … sociology. In this paper we assess the effects of corruption on economic activity and highlight the relevance of the size of the … 2019. We find an adverse effect of corruption on the level and growth of GDP per capita, but that large governments benefit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012504814
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Labour market power and the quest for an optimal minimum wage : evidence from Italy
Caselli, Mauro; Mondolo, Jasmine; Schiavo, Stefano - 2021
This study investigates the recent trends in labour market power in Italy and assess-es the impact of a potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014293911
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Calamities, common interests, shared identity : what shapes altruism and reciprocity?
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Cabrales, Antonio; Dolls, Mathias; … - 2021
We conduct a large-scale survey experiment in nine European countries to study how priming a major crisis (COVID-19), common economic interests, and a shared identity influences altruism, reciprocity and trust of EU citizens. We find that priming the COVID-19 pandemic increases altruism and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012595338
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The global economic impact of politicians : evidence from an international survey RCT
Boumans, Dorine; Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2021
We use the US presidential election on 3 November 2020 to examine how the US president influences economic expectations of international experts. We design a large-scale RCT among 843 experts working in 107 countries, asking about their expectations regarding GDP growth, unemployment, inflation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012504604
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Read my lips? : taxes and elections
Fuest, Clemens; Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2022 - This version: August 2022
Research on many important questions on taxation is impeded by a lack of cross-nationally comparable data. We introduce a new dataset that includes quantitative harmonized indices of tax reforms based on qualitative information of about 900 Economic Surveys from the OECD and 37,000 tax-related...
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