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indicators, we find that elections decrease the probability of politicians enacting increases in taxes and reduce the size of … increases right after an election. These election effects are stronger for gasoline taxes than for corporate income taxes and …We use new annual data on gasoline taxes and corporate income taxes from U.S. states to analyze whether politicians …
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indicators, we find that elections decrease the probability of politicians enacting increases in taxes and reduce the size of … increases right after an election. These election effects are stronger for gasoline taxes than for corporate income taxes and …We use new annual data on gasoline taxes and corporate income taxes from U.S. states to analyze whether politicians …
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year indicators, we find that elections reduce the probability of politicians enacting increases in taxes and reduce the … greater election effects on gasoline taxes than on corporate taxes appears to be, at least in part, due to political salience …We use new annual data on gasoline taxes and corporate income taxes from U.S. states to analyze whether politicians …
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A firm may induce voters or elected politicians to support a policy it favors by suggesting that it is more likely to invest in a district whose voters or representatives support the policy. In equilibrium, no one vote may be decisive, and the policy may gain strong support though the majority...
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A firm may induce voters or elected politicians to support a policy it favors by suggesting that it is more likely to invest in a district whose voters or representatives support the policy. In equilibrium, no one vote may be decisive, and the policy may gain strong support though the majority...
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This paper shows why a majority of legislators may vote for a policy that benefits a firm but harms all legislators. The firm may induce legislators to support the policy by suggesting that it is more likely to invest in a district whose voters or representative support the policy. In...
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