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Are optimistic expectations keeping the Chinese happy?

Frijters, Paul; Liu, Amy Y.C.; Meng, Xin - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 1, pp. 159-171

In this paper we study the effect of optimistic income expectations on life satisfaction amongst the Chinese population … strong in the countryside and amongst rural-to-urban migrants. The importance of these expectations for life satisfaction is … particularly pronounced in the urban areas, though also highly significant for the rural area. If expectations were to reverse from …

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How to commit (if you must): Commitment contracts and the dual-self model

Peysakhovich, Alexander - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 101 (2014) C, pp. 100-112

This paper studies how dual-self (Fudenberg and Levine, 2006) decision-makers can use commitment technologies to combat temptation and implement long-run optimal actions. I consider three types of commitment technologies: carrot contracts (rewards for ‘good’ behavior financed by borrowing...

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The political economy of coal in Poland: Drivers and barriers for a shift away from fossil fuels

Brauers, Hanna; Oei, Pao-Yu - In: Energy Policy 144 (2020)

Poland is the largest hard coal and second largest lignite producer in the EU, generating around 80 percent of its electricity from coal. Resistance to a reduction in coal production and consumption comes from various actors, namely, coal corporations, unions, parts of civil society and the...

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Interest-group size and legislative lobbying

Schneider, Maik T. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 106 (2014) C, pp. 29-41

We develop a model of legislative decision making in which lobbying and public policy are jointly determined. We examine how policy outcomes depend on the sizes of the interest groups. While a larger size typically involves favorable effects on policy, we also identify threshold levels of...

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A tale of an unwanted outcome: Transfers and local endowments of trust and cooperation

Accetturo, Antonio; de Blasio, Guido; Ricci, Lorenzo - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 102 (2014) C, pp. 74-89

Transfers can do good; however, they can also result in massive failures. This paper presents a model that highlights the ambiguous nature of the impact of transfers on local endowments of social capital. It then describes an empirical investigation that illustrates that the receipt of EU...

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If diversification is good, why don't countries diversify more? The political economy of diversification in resource-rich countries

Wiig, Arne; Kolstad, Ivar - In: Energy Policy 40 (2012) C, pp. 196-203

For resource-rich countries, diversification is claimed to represent a strategy for reducing resource curse problems. This, however, depends on whether diversification has a positive effect on the country's institutions. While there is a lot of evidence that exports of oil have a negative impact...

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Constitutions and crisis

Coyne, Christopher J. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 80 (2011) 2, pp. 351-357

A crisis is an unexpected event that creates uncertainty and poses a direct or perceived threat to the goals and norms of an organization or society. While crises are ubiquitous, how societies respond to crises, and the way crises affect societies, is largely a matter of constitutional political...

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Political economy constraints on carbon pricing policies: What are the implications for economic efficiency, environmental efficacy, and climate policy design?

Jenkins, Jesse D. - In: Energy Policy 69 (2014) C, pp. 467-477

Economists traditionally view a Pigouvian fee on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, either via carbon taxes or emissions caps and permit trading (“cap-and-trade”), as the economically optimal or “first-best” policy to address climate change-related externalities. Yet...

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Grid-connected renewable energy in China: Policies and institutions under gradualism, developmentalism, and socialism

García, Clara - In: Energy Policy 39 (2011) 12, pp. 8046-8050

This communication displays some of our on-going research on the incompleteness of China's advances toward “best practice” in policy-making and institution-building for renewables. In particular, this paper: (1) summarizes how Chinese policies and institutions for the deployment of renewable...

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Corruption and reduced oil production: An additional resource curse factor?

Al-Kasim, Farouk; Søreide, Tina; Williams, Aled - In: Energy Policy 54 (2013) C, pp. 137-147

Prominent contributions to the resource curse literature suggest weak governance and corruption are important factors behind the wide welfare variations observed among oil producing countries. How weak governance and corruption influence revenue management and expenditure decisions, as well as...

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