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Do politicians shirk when reelection is certain? Evidence from the German parliament

Bernecker, Andreas - In: European Journal of Political Economy 36 (2014) C, pp. 55-70

Does stiffer electoral competition reduce political shirking? For a micro-analysis of this question, I construct a new data set spanning the years 2005 to 2012 covering biographical and political information about German Members of Parliament (MPs), including their attendance rates in voting...

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Electoral competition and endogenous barriers to entry

Drometer, Marcus; Rincke, Johannes - In: European Journal of Political Economy 34 (2014) C, pp. 253-262

As institutions matter for political and economic outcomes, they are (at least partly) shaped by the interests of … political agents acting under these limitations. However, empirical evidence documenting such endogenous change of institutions …

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Do business cycle peaks predict election calls in Canada?

Voia, Marcel-Cristian; Ferris, J. Stephen - In: European Journal of Political Economy 29 (2013) C, pp. 102-118

This paper examines the empirical regularity that in Canada business cycle peaks and federal elections have tended to arise together over the long post-Confederation time period following 1867. We argue that rather than being simultaneous, the two events are related sequentially and that...

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Firm characteristics and influence on government rule-making: Theory and evidence

Aisbett, Emma; McAusland, Carol - In: European Journal of Political Economy 29 (2013) C, pp. 214-235

An adversarial game is used to model a firm's intrinsic and exerted influence over a regulator. Data from the World Business Environment Survey provide strong evidence in support of model hypotheses across a wide range of government agents, countries, and regulatory areas. Of particular...

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Campaign finance regulations and policy convergence: The role of interest groups and valence

Köppl-Turyna, Monika - In: European Journal of Political Economy 33 (2014) C, pp. 1-19

Regulation of campaign finance of political parties and candidates is intended to decrease the political influence of special interest groups and enhance the public interest in electoral outcomes. I investigate empirically the consequences of campaign financing regulations and find that public...

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Democracy, populism, and (un)bounded rationality

Binswanger, Johannes; Prüfer, Jens - In: European Journal of Political Economy 28 (2012) 3, pp. 358-372

In this paper we aim to understand how bounded rationality affects performance of democratic institutions. We consider … alternative political institutions such as direct democracy or governance by experts. We find that, under limited strategic … sophistication, representative democracy is preferable to the other institutions from an ex ante perspective. …

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Are human rights and economic well-being substitutes? The evidence from migration patterns across the Indian states

Libman, Alexander; Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten; Yadav, Gaurav - In: European Journal of Political Economy 31 (2013) C, pp. 139-164

The objective of this paper is to study the relationship between the demand for human rights and the demand for economic prosperity from the “exit” perspective, looking at migration patterns. We investigate intra-national migration in India, which is a federation of various states that...

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Reform redux: Measurement, determinants and growth implications

Campos, Nauro F.; Horváth, Roman - In: European Journal of Political Economy 28 (2012) 2, pp. 227-237

Measurement issues are one of the most important reasons for the highly contrasting findings in the literature on the effects of structural reforms on growth. This paper puts forward improved measures of economic liberalization across countries and over time, focusing on the unique experience of...

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The law of large districts: How district magnitude affects the quality of political representation

Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco; Eichenberger, Reiner - In: European Journal of Political Economy 35 (2014) C, pp. 128-140

It is well established that individual parliamentary representatives are less likely to decide according to the preferences of their constituency when the number of representatives per district, i.e. district magnitude, increases. However, we propose that for majority decisions of district...

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Tariff increases over the electoral cycle: A question of size and salience

Klien, Michael - In: European Journal of Political Economy 36 (2014) C, pp. 228-242

Research on the political budget cycle suggests that some budget items are more visible than others. Accordingly, the cycle will exert a varying impact on policy instruments of different salience. Using a panel data set of tariff decisions by Austrian local governments we identify a stable and...

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