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Do voters choose better politicians than political parties? : evidence from a natural experiment in Italy
Alfano, Maria Rosaria; Baraldi, Anna Laura; Papagni, Erasmo - 2020
This work analyses the effect of the two preference voting systems - proportional system with blocked lists of candidates vs proportional system with open list of candidates - on the quality of politicians. The exogenous variation in the Italian Parliament electoral system (Law n. 270/2005) -...
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Family economics writ large
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016
Powerful currents have reshaped the structure of families over the last century. There has been (i) a dramatic drop in fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv)...
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Kazakhstan - first steps toward economic independence
Rutland, Peter; Isataev, Timur - 1994
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Central Asia oil and gas industry - the external powers' energy interests in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Raimondi, Pier Paolo - 2019
and abundance of hydrocarbon reserves. These hydrocarbon reserves are located mainly in three countries: Kazakhstan … of Beijing. The Western countries has gained influence particularly in Kazakhstan, but they have no political leverage in … industry of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The working paper is structured into four different sections. In the first …
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Viewing tax policy through party-colored glasses : what German politicians believe
Heinemann, Friedrich; Janeba, Eckhard - 2008
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Partisanship, ideology, and representation in Latin America
Saiegh, Sebastián M. - 2014
This paper uses joint scaling methods and similar items from three large-scale surveys to place voters, parties and politicians from different Latin American countries on a common ideological space. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the findings reveal that the "median" voter in Latin America...
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Rethinking the political economy of decentralization : how elections and parties shape the provision of local public goods
Ponce Rodríguez, Raúl A.; Hankla, Charles R.; … - 2012
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Politics under the weather : droughts, parties and electoral outcomes
Tigre, Paulo Bastos; Miller, Sebastián - 2013
The increased occurrence of extreme weather conditions leading to drought is a key development challenge. This paper studies how these extreme events interact with the political process at the local level using rich administrative data for drought declarations and mayoral elections in Brazil....
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The making of policy : institutionalized or not?
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Tommasi, Mariano - 2009
This paper develops a framework for analyzing different policymaking styles, their causes and their consequences in Latin America, finding that lower institutionalization and greater use of alternative political technologies (APTs) are more likely the lower the cost of using these technologies,...
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Political institutions and street protests in Latin America
Machado, Fabiana; Scartascini, Carlos G.; Tommasi, Mariano - 2009
This paper argues that where institutions are strong, actors are more likely to participate in the political process through institutionalized arenas, while where they are weak, protests and other unconventional means of participation become more appealing. This relationship is explored...
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