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Does inequality harm growth only in democracies? A replication and extension
Knack, Stephen; Keefer, Philip - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996
sources on both democracy and inequality. When we substitute more commonly-used and higher-quality data sources for democracy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642712
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Soft Paternalism, Merit Goods, and Normative Individualism
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - CESifo - 2014
Paternalism is an attempt to influence individuals’ decisions for their own benefit, even if there are no third parties involved. This seems to contradict normative individualism, which provides the general orientation to our modern democracies. Soft or libertarian paternalism accepts the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752158
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Who has voice in a deliberative democracy? Evidence from transcripts of village parliaments in south India
Ban, Radu; Jha, Saumitra; Rao, Vijayendra - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 2, pp. 428-438
deliberative democracy in an non-laboratory setting, using a unique dataset collected from transcripts of deliberation that … credible: its preferences approach the pivotal agent in a pure representative democracy, the median household. These effects …
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Sanfter Paternalismus, meritorische Güter, und der normative Individualismus
KirchgÄssner, Gebhard - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2012
Paternalism is an attempt to influence the decisions of individuals for their own benefit even if there are no third parties involved. This seems to be a contradiction to normative individualism which provides the general or ientation of our modern demo cracies. Soft or libertarian paternalism...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011161436
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Inequality in democracy: Insights from an empirical analysis of political dynasties in the 15th Philippine Congress
Beja Jr, Edsel; Mendoza, Ronald U.; Venida, Victor S.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper presents metrics to estimate the size of political dynasties in the 15th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines and analyze the relationship between political dynasty and socio-economic outcomes. Results show that political dynasties comprise 70 percent of jurisdiction-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114449
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Non-consequentialist voting
Shayo, Moses; Harel, Alon - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 1, pp. 299-313
Standard theory assumes that voters’ preferences over actions (voting) are induced by their preferences over electoral outcomes (policies, candidates). But voters may also have non-consequentialist (NC) motivations: they may care about how they vote even if it does not affect the outcome. When...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010597459
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Sanfter Paternalismus, meritorische Güter, und der normative Individualismus
Kirchgässner, Gebhard - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2012
Paternalism is an attempt to influence the decisions of individuals for their own benefit even if there are no third parties involved. This seems to be a contradiction to normative individualism which provides the general orientation of our modern democracies. Soft or libertarian paternalism...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556362
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A Single-Mindedness model with n generations
Emanuele, Canegrati - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I will introduce a new expression for the balanced-budget constraint, no longer based on lump- sum transfers as in the traditional literature, but rather on more realistic labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835397
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Grassroots Democracy and Income Distribution : Evidence from Village Elections in China
Shen, Yan; Yao, Yang - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363305
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A Theory of Political Transitions
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James - Economics Department, Massachusetts Institute of … - 1999
unrest or revolution, and this may force the elite to democratize. Democracy may not consolidate because it is more … redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy … more costly to the elite, highly unequal cocieties are less likely to consolidate democracy and may end up oscillating …
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