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Inequality, Uncertainty, and Redistribution
Machado, Fabiana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
be relatively young, with many new parties and candidates in the political scene. This means elections occur under a high … of elections as a game of incomplete information to explore how uncertainty, candidates’ motivation (policy vs. office …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403433
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Al Qaeda as a Tournament: Empirical Evidence
Caruso, Raul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This short paper aims to find an empirical evidence that al Qaeda behaves as a contest organizer rewarding an indivisible prize – namely, official membership and economic rewards – to candidate extremists groups. Would-be terrorists must then compete with each other to prove their commitment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837548
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Al Qaeda and Jihadist Terrorism in the Light of Contest Theory, Empirical Evidence for the period 2004-2008
Caruso, Raul; Schneider, Friedrich - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper finds an empirical evidence that al Qaeda behaves as a contest organizer rewarding a prize to candidate extremist groups. Would-be terrorists must then compete with each other to prove their commitment and ability. Hence to maximize their own probability of winning the prize, each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005036828
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The effects of fiscal autonomy on the size of public sector and the strength of political budget cycles in local expenditure
Köppl Turyna, Monika; Kula, Grzegorz; Balmas, Agata; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
We analyze the effects of political business cycles and fiscal autonomy on the expenditure categories of Polish municipalities. Using System GMM technique, we find convincing evidence for strong political business cycles in almost all expenditure categories, and in particular for the categories...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276373
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Characterization of multidimensional spatial models of elections with a valence dimension
Azrieli, Yaron - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Spatial models of political competition are typically based on two assumptions. One is that all the voters identically perceive the platforms of the candidates and agree about their score on a "valence" dimension. The second is that each voter's preferences over policies are decreasing in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260121
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The Canada economic action plan as electoral tool
Chandler, Vincent - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper models the distribution of pork barrel when the electoral benefit of pork does not accrue to the party in power but to the incumbent of the district where the pork was directed. The model shows that, under certain parametres, more pork goes to core support districts. To verify this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322620
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Turkish voter response to government incompetence and corruption related to the 1999 earthquakes
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
officials who permitted them. How voters responded to these in the 2002 parliamentary elections is investigated, using cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009397166
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Growth and election outcomes in a developing country
Gupta, Poonam; Panagariya, Arvind - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
developed and developing countries, the hypothesis that rapid growth helps incumbents win elections has been tested exclusively … statistically robust effect of growth on the prospects of the candidates of the state incumbent parties to win elections …. Specifically, we use the data on 422 candidates in the 2009 parliamentary elections and show that the candidates of incumbent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353830
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The Successful Ghana Election of 2008: A Convenient Myth? Ethnicity in Ghana's elections revisited
Jockers, Heinz; Kohnert, Dirk; Nugent, Paul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Ghana’s 2008 elections have been hailed by national and international observers as a model for Africa. This perception … dangerous time bomb of unresolved conflict which could explode in future elections. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039979
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Micro evidence on inter-party vote movements in turkey: Who voted for AKP in 2002?
Baslevent, Cem; Akarca, Ali T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Using data drawn from a survey conducted shortly after the 2002 elections, we investigate the Justice and Development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837024