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Medium Term Fiscal Frameworks (MTFs) have become one of the most popular reforms to the budgetary process in Latin America during the last decade, and introducing MTFs seemed to be the magic solution for most fiscal ailments. Nonetheless, there has been no comprehensive evaluation of their...
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Participatory programs can reduce the informational and power asymmetries that engender mistrust. These programs, however, cannot include every citizen. Hence, it is important to evaluate if providing information about those programs could affect trust among those who do not participate. We...
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We develop a dynamic model to analyze the sources and the evolution of social participation and social capital in a …. -- Technology ; Economic Growth ; Relational Goods ; Social Participation ; Social Capital …
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participation has occurred in many OECD countries. Second, and more recently, the success of social networking sites (SNSs) has … resulted in a steep rise in online social participation. Our study adds to this body of research by conducting the first … participation in SNSs such as Facebook and Twitter has a positive effect on face-to-face interactions. However, social trust …
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We introduce the notion of language disenfranchisement which arises if the number of EU working languages is reduced. We use the data on language proficiency in EU and show that, in spite of the widespread knowledge of English, the retention of French and German as working languages in essential...
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This paper estimates the effect of voting eligibility on civic engagement measured along three dimensions: political motivation, political activities, and political knowledge. These outcomes originate in the AmericasBarometer 2004-2016 surveys of eligible voters. To identify the effects the...
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