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Why Do Voters Demand Universal Government Benefits?

Palda, Filip - EconWPA - 2005

Universal social benefits seem to contradict important notions in economics. They are poorly targeted and must be paid for by what seem to be high taxes. This paper describes the costs of universality and then proposes two competing explanations for why an electorate might wish to pay these...

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Emigration and Regime Stability: Explaining the Persistence of Cuban Socialism

Hoffmann, Bert - EconWPA - 2005

The ‘Cuban safety-valve theory’ explains sustained survival of Cuban socialism in part through the high levels of emigration, following Hirschman’s model of ‘exit’ undermining ‘voice’. The article argues that this remains insufficient in two important ways. Taking a closer look at...

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A PUSH TO GEORGE ( IN ) BUSH

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2005

. Even the currencies of poor nations are galloping upward in $ parity, because they are linked to Euro. This is due to USA …'s approach to control other nations in the world,through unilateral Army power,tie up of domestic markets towards USA, and … Pumping wealth from developed nations. A Notional Balance sheet of USA, balances only with a Loss to the Assets(Debit). This …

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