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Public Action for Public Goods
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2007
This paper focuses on the relationship between public action and access to public goods. It begins by developing a simple model of collective action which is intended to capture the various mechanisms that are discussed in the theoretical literature on collective action. We argue that several of...
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Participation in Heterogeneous Communities
Alesina, Alberto F.; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2021
This paper studies both theoretically and empirically the determinants of group formation and of the degree of participation when the population is heterogeneous, both in terms of income and race or ethnicity. We are especially interested in whether and how much the degree of heterogeneity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218807
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Judicial Lobbying : The Politics of Labor Law Constitutional Interpretation
Iaryczower, Matias; Spiller, Pablo T.; Tommasi, Mariano - 2021
This paper links the theory of interest groups influence over the legislature with that of congressional control over … decisions in Argentina, and find results consistent with the predictions of the theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225056
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The Structure and Conduct of Corporate Lobbying : How Firms Lobby the Federal Communications Commission
de Figueiredo, John M.; Tiller, Emerson H. - 2021
lobbying (internal organization vs. trade association) by firms in administrative agencies. It explores the power and limitations of the collective action theories and transaction cost theories in explaining lobbying. It introduces a dataset of over 900 lobbying contacts cover 101 issues at the...
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Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance
Alesina, Alberto F.; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2021
We survey and assess the literature on the positive and negative effects of ethnic diversity on economic policies and outcomes. Our focus is on both focus both cities in developed countries (the US) and villages in developing countries. We also consider the endogenous formation of political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013213444
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Extremism and Social Learning
Glaeser, Edward L. - 2014
When members of deliberating groups speak with one another, their predeliberation tendencies often become exacerbated as their views become more extreme. The resulting phenomenon -- group polarization -- has been observed in many settings, and it bears on the actions of juries, administrative...
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Belief Flipping in a Dynamic Model of Statistical Discrimination
Fryer, Roland G. - 2022
The literature on statistical discrimination shows that ex-ante identical groups may be differentially treated in discriminatory equilibria. This paper constructs a dynamic model of statistical discrimination and explores what happens to the individuals who nonetheless overcome the initial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324626
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An Empirical Assessment of Alternative Models of Risky Decision Making
Baker, Joanna R. - 2010
In this paper, we assess the degree to which four of the most commonly used models of risky decision making can explain … enough to approximate Kahnenman and Tversky's prospect theory and that for certain parametric values will yield the expected … explain the decision-making behavior of the majority of our subjects. Surprisingly, we find that the choice behavior of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135363
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An Economic Model of Amniocentesis Choice
Fajnzylber, Eduardo - 2010
Medical practitioners typically utilize the following protocol when advising pregnant women about testing for the possibility of genetic disorders: Pregnant women over the age of 35 should be tested for Down syndrome and other genetic disorders; for younger women, such tests are discouraged...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138773
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Sticking with What (Barely) Worked
Lefgren, Lars - 2011
Outcome bias occurs when an evaluator considers ex-post outcomes when judging whether a choice was correct, ex-ante. We formalize this cognitive bias in a simple model of distorted Bayesian updating. We then examine strategy changes made by professional football coaches. We find they are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119785