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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 …

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Happy Voters

Liberini, Federica - 2014

decisions, even when the event affecting well-being is beyond government's control …

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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Minimum Wage and Tolerance for High Incomes

Fazio, Andrea; Reggiani, Tommaso - 2023

We suggest that stabilizing the baseline income can make low-wage workers more tolerant towards high income earners. We present evidence of this attitude in the UK by exploiting the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW), which institutionally sets a baseline pay reducing the risk of...

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Non-Profit Organizations in a Bureaucratic Environment

Grout, Paul A.; Schnedler, Wendelin - 2021

.g. Dean of faculty, corrupt representative, government agency). We find that marginal changes in the balance of power …

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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...

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Democratization and civil liberties : the role of violence during the transition

Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe; Sunde, Uwe - 2011

transition to democracy under a violent conflict is less likely to lead to a system with a high degree of civil liberties …

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Health Insurance and Child Health : Evidence from Mexico

Conti, Gabriella - 2016

We present evidence on the health impacts and mechanisms of a large expansion in non-contributory health insurance in Mexico. The Seguro Popular (SP) was rolled out in 2002-2010 across municipalities, providing exogenous variation in access to health services without co-pays. Our intent-to-treat...

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