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Low-cost decisions as a challenge to public choice

Kirchgässner, Gebhard; Pommerehne, Werner W. - 1992

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Towards a theory of low-cost decisions

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 1991 - Rev. version

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000823529

Voting and popularity

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2016

For about 45 years, vote and popularity functions have been estimated for many countries indicating that voting … countries and time periods. In papers, retrospective sociotropic voting dominates. However, the evidence is not so univocal; it … rather tells that voting has egotropic as well as sociotropic aspects, and it is prospective as well as retrospective. It is …

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Soft paternalism, merit goods, and normative individualism

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2015

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/10011318409

On the political economy of environmental policy

Kirchgässner, Gebhard; Schneider, Friedrich - 2002

In the past there was hardly any use of economic instruments in environmental policy, mainly command and control measures were used. More recently, ecological taxes as well as tradable permits became more popular and voluntary agreements have been implemented. Using the Public Choice approach we...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001737578

Does direct democracy reduce public debt? : Evidence from Swiss municipalities

Feld, Lars P.; Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2000

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On the political economy of environmental policy

Kirchgässner, Gebhard; Schneider, Friedrich - 2001

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001636696

On the political economy of environmental policy

Kirchgässner, Gebhard; Schneider, Friedrich - 2002 - Second revised version: May 2002

. -- environmental policy ; ecological taxes ; tradable permits ; voluntary agreements ; voting behaviour ; public bureaucracy ; interest …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009384489

The role of Homo Oeconomicus in the political economy of James Buchanan

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010243422

Soft paternalism, merit goods, and normative individualism

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 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/10010256131