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Clientelism and governance
Bardhan, Pranab K. - 2021
reflections on the broad issues of governance (or mis-governance including corruption), democracy, and state capacity that …
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Is economic development affected by the leaders' education levels? Evidence from India
Jain, Chandan; Kashyap, Shagun; Lahoti, Rahul; Sahoo, Soham - 2022
Although formal education is often considered an indicator of political leaders' quality, the evidence on the effectiveness of educated leaders is mixed. Besides, minimum education qualifications are increasingly being used as requirements for contesting elections, making it critical to...
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Trust as state capacity: The political economy of compliance
Besley, Timothy; Dray, Sacha - 2022
This paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific channel whereby citizens who are convinced that a policy is worthwhile are more motivated to comply with it. This in turn reduces the government's cost of implementing a policy and...
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How do voters respond to information on self-serving elite behaviour? Evidence from a randomized survey experiment in Tanzania
Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne - 2018
Does self-serving elite behaviour make citizens more politically active? This paper presents the results of a randomized field experiment where voters in Tanzania were given information about elite use of tax havens. Information provided in a neutral form had no effect on voting intentions....
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Beyond electoral democracy: Foreign aid and the challenge of deepening democracy in Benin
Gazibo, Mamoudou - 2012
. Moreover, when it comes to more substantial aspects of democracy, such as enhancing accountability and fighting corruption …
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Corruption and the efficiency of capital investment in developing countries
O'Toole, Conor M.; Tarp, Finn - 2012
This paper considers the effect of corruption on the effciency of capital investment. Using firm-level level data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319956
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Incorporation of offshore shell companies as an indicator of corruption risk in the extractive industries
Marcolongo, Giovanna; Zambiasi, Diego - 2022
of offshore entities as an indicator of corruption risk. We find that the number of new shell companies increases by 11 … the award of an exploration licence increases the risk of corruption. Consistent with rent-maximising behaviour, this … association is stronger when the price of oil increases. Our work informs the fight against corruption, proposing greater …
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Clientelism, public goods provision, and governance
Lo Bue, Maria C.; Sen, Kunal; Lindberg, Staffan I. - 2021
, increased political corruption, and weaker rule of law. We also find that the deleterious effects of political clientelism are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651169
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Herding, rent-seeking taxpayers, and endemic corruption
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2022
In an environment with extensive corruption where much of the population evades paying their full taxes due, we tackle …
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Women legislators and economic performance
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Min, Brian; … - 2018
There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the last 20 years. While there is evidence that raising the share of women politicians has substantive impacts on the composition of government spending, there is scarcely any evidence of how it influences...
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