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Happy Voters
Liberini, Federica - 2014
decisions, even when the event affecting well-being is beyond government's control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046234
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Democracy, Dictatorship and the Cultural Transmission of Political Values
Ticchi, Davide - 2013
individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy against a potential military coup, and it is an endogenous state … and the state. Parents invest resources in order to transmit their own political values (commitment to democracy) to their … between political regimes and political culture diffusion. Consolidated democracy emerges when sufficiently many people are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080139
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Tacit Lobbying Agreements : An Experimental Study
Großer, Jens - 2011
We experimentally study the common wisdom that money buys political influence. In the game, one lobbyist has the opportunity to influence redistributive tax policies in her favor by transferring money to two competing candidates. The success of the lobbying investment depends on whether or not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132418
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Diversity and Public Goods : A Natural Experiment with Exogenous Residential Allocation
Algan, Yann - 2011
This paper demonstrates the effects of ethnic and religious diversity on the quality of public spaces. Its identification strategy relies on the exogeneity of public housing allocations in France, and thereby eliminates the bias from endogenous sorting. The paper uses micro evidence of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119010
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Liberty and the Post-Utilitarian Society
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2012
Utilitarian foundations for limited government are shaky insofar as they assume rational and consistent individuals … on the scope of government intervention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099108
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How Large is the Private Sector in Africa? Evidence from National Accounts and Labor Markets
Stampini, Marco - 2012
In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most simple and fundamental question remains unanswered: how large is the African private sector? We present novel estimates of the size of the private sector in 50 African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112779
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Consensual and Conflictual Democratization
Cervellati, Matteo - 2007
outcomes under democracy is also investigated using novel data on constitutional principles. The findings support the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778387
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Repeated Shocks and Preferences for Redistribution
Gualtieri, Giovanni - 2019
A society that believes wealth to be determined by random "luck", rather than by merit, demands more redistribution. We present evidence of this behavior by exploiting a natural experiment provided by the L'Aquila earthquake in 2009, which hit a large area of Central Italy through a series of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865854
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Stalin and the Origins of Mistrust
Nikolova, Milena - 2019
We show that current differences in trust levels within former Soviet Union countries can be traced back to the system of forced prison labor during Stalin's rule, which was marked by high incarceration rates, repression, and harsh punishments. We argue that those exposed to forced labor camps...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870155
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A Happy Choice : Wellbeing as the Goal of Government
Frijters, Paul - 2019
In this article, we lay out the basic case for wellbeing as the goal of government. We briefly review the history of … by discussing the current barriers to the adoption of wellbeing as the goal of government, both in terms of what we need …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859762