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Separation of Powers and Political Accountability
Tabellini, Guido; Persson, Torsten; Roland, Gérard - 2008
Political constitutions are incomplete contracts and therefore leave scope for abuse of power. In democracies, elections are the primary mechanism for disciplining public officials, but they are not sufficient. Separation of powers between executive and legislative bodies also helps prevent the...
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Electoral rules and corruption
Persson, Torsten; Tabellini, Guido Enrico; Trebbi, Francesco - 2001
Is corruption systematically related to electoral rules? A number of studies have tried to uncover economic and social … determinants of corruption but, as far as we know, nobody has yet empirically investigated how electoral systems influence … corruption. We try to address this lacuna in the literature, by relating corruption to different features of the electoral system …
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Electoral rules and corruption
Persson, Torsten; Tabellini, Guido Enrico; Trebbi, Francesco - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001563324
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Electoral rules and corruption
Persson, Torsten; Tabellini, Guido Enrico; Trebbi, Francesco - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001564721
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Do political institutions shape economic policy?
Persson, Torsten - 2001
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Electoral rules and corruption
Persson, Torsten; Tabellini, Guido Enrico; Trebbi, Francesco - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 1 (2003) 4, pp. 958-989
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Do political institutions shape economic policy?
Persson, Torsten - In: Economic policy in the international economy : essays …, (pp. 431-456). 2003
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Do political institutions shape economic policy?
Persson, Torsten - In: Econometrica : journal of the Econometric Society, an … 70 (2002) 3, pp. 883-905
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Electoral rules and corruption
Persson, Torsten - 2001
Is corruption systematically related to electoral rules? A number of studies have tried to uncover economic and social … determinants of corruption but, as far as we know, nobody has yet empirically investigated how electoral systems influence … corruption. We try to address this lacuna in the literature, by relating corruption to different features of the electoral system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014460961
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Do Political Institutions Shape Economic Policy?
Persson, Torsten - 2001
have smaller welfare-state programs and less corruption. Other results present puzzles for future research: the adjustment …
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