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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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Do customers return excessive change in a restaurant?

Azar, Ofer H.; Yosef, Shira; Bar-Eli, Michael - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 93 (2013) C, pp. 219-226

The article reports the results of a field experiment used to study dishonest behavior in a natural setting. Customers in a restaurant in tables of one or two diners who paid with cash received excessive change of either 10 or 40 Shekels (about $3 or $12). A majority of customers (128 out of...

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Can Bottom-Up Institutional Reform Improve Service Delivery?

Molina, Ezequiel - 2014

This article makes three contributions to the literature. First, it provides new evidence of the impact of community monitoring interventions using a unique dataset from the Citizen Visible Audit (CVA) program in Colombia. In particular, this article studies the effect of social audits on...

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The Politics of Financial Development - The Role of Interest Groups and Government Capabilities

Becerra, Oscar; Cavallo, Eduardo; Scartascini, Carlos - 2010

Although financial development is good for long-term growth, not all countries pursue policies that render full financial development. This paper builds on an extensive political economy literature to construct a theoretical model showing that the intensity of opposition to financial development...

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The Political Economy of Productivity in Argentina: Interpretation and Illustration

Urbiztondo, Santiago; Cristini, Marcela; Moskovitz, Cynthia - 2009

This paper examines how the main characteristics of Argentina's policymaking process (PMP) affect the productivity of its economy using the conceptual framework presented in Murillo, Scartascini and Tommasi (2008), Stein et al. (2008), Spiller and Tommasi (2007), and IDB (2005). First, the paper...

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The Political Economy of Fiscal Reform: The Case of Colombia, 1986-2006

Olivera, Mauricio; Pachon, Monica; Perry, Guillermo - 2010

This paper explores the characteristics of the political economy process that conditioned the scope and success of the combination of fiscal reforms before and after Colombia's 1991 constitutional reforms. Using formal analysis of reforms and interviews with actors, reforms in taxation,...

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The effect of a crisis on trust and willingness to reform: Evidence from survey panels in Argentina and Uruguay

Bonvecchi, Alejandro; Calvo, Ernesto; … - 2022

Does exposure to crises reduce the citizens' trust in a country's president? Are individuals willing to accept fiscal reforms and make personal economic sacrifices if it would help the country to leave the crisis faster? We take advantage of two survey panels in Argentina and Uruguay, with a...

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Does citizen participation in budget allocation pay? A survey experiment on political trust and participatory governance

Ardanaz, Martin; Otálvaro-Ramírez, Susana; … - 2022

Participatory programs can reduce the informational and power asymmetries that engender mistrust. These programs, however, cannot include every citizen. Hence, it is important to evaluate if providing information about those programs could affect trust among those who do not participate. We...

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Explaining Changes in Tax Burdens in Latin America: Does Politics Trump Economics?

Hallerberg, Mark; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2015

This paper examines whether elections, which are generally held on fixed dates, and banking crises explain the timing of tax reforms and the allocation of the additional tax burden. Using an original fine-grained dataset of tax reforms, the paper finds support for the role of these two sources...

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