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In this paper an attempt has been taken to describe various types of voting system and manipulation of them. French philosophers Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794) and Jeans-Charles Borda (1733-1799) introduced modern voting system. Duncan Black first introduced the manipulation of voting in 1958...
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became clear that a change of regime through the ballot box was impossible, in view of the consolidation of this dictatorship …
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The majority rule and the hierarchically dictatorial rule are both characterized when preferences are defined over two alternatives. The majority rule is characterized in terms of seven axioms. The hierarchically dictatorial rule is characterized in terms of six of these seven axioms and the...
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The Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, the poor have no incentive for regime transformation and authoritarian …
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This paper investigates the effect of inequality on economic growth in nondemocratic regimes. We provide a model where a self-interested ruler chooses an institution that constrains the policy choice of the ruler. The ruler must care about the support share of citizens to keep power. Under an...
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compared with the alternative income. It is regressive in a dictatorship and Progressive in a democracy considering the level …
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Crime has a potentially large impact on economic growth but measuring their economic impact is subject to a great deal of uncertainty. The central objective of this paper is to set forth a model – the economics of crime monitoring model (ECM-Model) – to evaluate the impact of crime can...
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has the violence against civilians over the period 1989-2010. Evidence on the participation of non-state combatants is …
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Violence, as a human security threat, constitutes a core public health issue. Finally, in an era of globalized threats … requiring international cooperation, the discussion focuses on the interstate spillover effects of violence, or in other words …” in the 21st century; in particular our analysis focuses on the implications of the violence case study for …
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Crime has a potentially large impact on economic growth but measuring their economic impact is subject to a great deal of uncertainty. The central objective of this paper is to set forth a model – the economics of crime monitoring model (ECM-Model) – to evaluate the impact of crime on...
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