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Organized Crime, Violence, and Politics
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2016
We investigate how criminal organizations strategically use violence to influence elections in order to get captured … politicians elected. The model offers novel testable implications about the use of pre-electoral violence under different types of … rates in Italy since 1887, comparing the extent of ‘electoral-violence cycles' between areas with a higher and lower …
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When Ideas Trump Interests : Preferences, World Views, and Policy Innovations
Rodrik, Dani - 2013
The contemporary approach to political economy is built around vested interests - elites, lobbies, and rent-seeking groups which get their way at the expense of the general public. The role of ideas in shaping those interests is typically ignored or downplayed. Yet each of the three components...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073185
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Coalition Formation in Legislative Bargaining
Battaglini, Marco - 2019
We propose a new model of legislative bargaining in which coalitions have different values, reflecting the fact that the policies they can pursue are constrained by the identity of the coalition members. In the model, a formateur picks a coalition and negotiates for the allocation of the surplus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890469
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You Owe Me
Malmendier, Ulrike - 2012
In many cultures and industries gifts are given in order to influence the recipient, often at the expense of a third party. Examples include business gifts of firms and lobbyists. In a series of experiments, we show that, even without incentive or informational effects, small gifts strongly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097778
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Candidates, Character, and Corruption
Bernheim, B. Douglas - 2015
anti-corruption enforcement affect the expected quality of governance through candidate self-selection. We also show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038435
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Horizontal and Vertical Conflict : Experimental Evidence
Galiani, Sebastian - 2016
Two types of political conflicts of interest pervade many of the world's societies. A horizontal conflict of interest arises when different constituencies support different policies, while a vertical conflict of interest emerges when those in charge of running the government acquire and retain...
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Hatred and Profits : Getting Under the Hood of the Ku Klux Klan
Fryer, Roland G. - 2010
The Ku Klux Klan reached its heyday in the mid-1920s, claiming millions of members. In this paper, we analyze the 1920s Klan, those who joined it, and the social and political impact that it had. We utilize a wide range of newly discovered data sources including information from Klan membership...
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From Wild West to the Godfather : Enforcement Market Structure
Anderson, James E.; Bandiera, Oriana - 2021
Weak states enable private enforcement but it does not always fade away in the presence of strong states. We develop a general equilibrium model of the market organization of enforcers (self-enforcers, competitive specialized enforcers or monopoly) who defend endowments from predators. We...
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Traders, Cops and Robbers
Anderson, James E.; Bandiera, Oriana - 2021
Why does illegal trade often flourish without formal enforcement, but sometimes fail? Why do illegal trade-reducing policies often fail? Why do States often appear to tolerate illegal trade? A model of trade with cops and robbers provides answers. `Safety in numbers' is a key element: the...
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Formal Employment and Organized Crime : Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Colombia
Khanna, Gaurav - 2019
Canonical models of crime emphasize economic incentives. Yet, causal evidence of sorting into criminal occupations in response to individual-level variation in incentives is limited. We link administrative socioeconomic microdata with the universe of arrests in Medellín over a decade. We...
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