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Party Discipline and Pork-Barrel Politics

Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Polities differ in the extent to which political parties can pre-commit to carry out promised policy actions if they take power. Commitment problems may arise due to a divergence between the ex ante incentives facing national parties that seek to capture control of the legislature and the ex...

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Expanding the welfare system : a proposal for reform

Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998

The proposal involves the establishment of ?welfare accounts? for every person in a country. There are to be four … of the current welfare state systems - where welfare services are financed predominantly out of general taxes - people … would make ongoing, mandatory contributions to each of these welfare accounts. The balances in these accounts would cover …

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Party Discipline and Pork Barrel Politics

Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

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Separation of Powers and the Budget Process

Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

We study budget formation in a model featuring separation of powers. In our model, the legislature designs a budget bill that can include a cap on total spending and earmarked allocations to designated public projects. Each project provides random benefits to one of many interest groups. The...

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Separation of Powers and the Budget Process

Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

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Expanding the Welfare System: A Proposal for Reform

Orszag, Mike; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This proposal involves the establishment of ‘welfare accounts’ for every person in a country. There are four accounts … current welfare state systems – where welfare services are financed predominantly out of general taxes – people would make … ongoing, mandatory contributions to each of these welfare accounts. The balances in these accounts would cover people’s major …

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Income, Cultural Norms and Purchases of Counterfeits

Franses, Philip Hans; Lede, Lede, M. - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus … - 2012

We conjecture that individual purchases of counterfeit products could be motivated by income and prices, but that another driver is cultural norms. To put the latter conjecture to an empirical test we make use of the unique situation of Surinamese people who live in Suriname and in the...

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Causes of Changing Earnings Inequality

Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the U.S. over the past 25 years. Next, it indicates which of these regularities can be explained within the competitive demand-supply framework of analysis and what is left unexplained....

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Inequality of Earnings

Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the US over the past 25 years. Next, it indicates which of these regularities can be explained within the competitive demand-supply framework of analysis and what is left unexplained. Finally,...

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International Trade and Trade Policy

Helpman, Elhanan (contributor); Razin, Assaf (contributor) - The MIT Press

including empirical studies of the welfare effects of quality - upgrading voluntary export restrictions and import quotas …

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