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Outside earnings, absence, and activity : evidence from German parliamentarians
Arnold, Felix; Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014
We examine moonlighting by politicians in Germany. In July 2007, the German Supreme Court adjudicated that members of parliament (MPs) have to publish details of their outside earnings. Using panel data models, we investigate how outside earnings are correlated with absence and parliamentary...
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Supermajorities and Political Rent Extraction
Kauder, Bjoern - 2015
Models of political competition portray political candidates as seeking the support of the median voter to win elections by majority voting. In practice, political candidates seek supermajorities rather than majorities based on support of the median voter. We study the political benefits from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013699
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Electoral Cycles in Perceived Corruption : International Empirical Evidence
Potrafke, Niklas - 2019
I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public … sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International’s Perception of Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892191
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Electoral cycles in perceived corruption : international empirical evidence
Potrafke, Niklas - 2018
Perceived corruption in the public sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of … Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes around 100 democracies over the period 2012-2016, a sample for which the CPI is … than in other years, indicating that perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962213
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Electoral cycles in perceived corruption : international empirical evidence
Potrafke, Niklas - 2018
I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public … sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941292
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Evidence on the political principal-agent problem from voting on public finance for concert halls
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
Principal-agent problems can arise when preferences of voters are not aligned with preferences of political representatives. Often the consequence of the political principal-agent problem is political catering to special interests. In this paper I provide examples of principal-agent problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765038
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Evidence on the Political Principal-Agent Problem from Voting on Public Finance for Concert Halls
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
Principal-agent problems can arise when preferences of voters are not aligned with preferences of political representatives. Often the consequence of the political principal-agent problem is political catering to special interests. In this paper I provide examples of principal-agent problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079370
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Evidence on the political principal-agent problem from voting on public finance for concert halls
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
Principal-agent problems can arise when preferences of voters are not aligned with preferences of political representatives. Often the consequence of the political principalagent problem is political catering to special interests. In this paper I provide examples of principal-agent problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010188873
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Minority Positions in the German Council of Economic Experts: A Political Economic Analysis
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
I investigate minority votes in the German Council of Economic Experts. The dataset contains information on the voting behavior of the council members over the period 1971-2011. The results show that the best predictor of minority voting is being nominated by the trade unions: a council member...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293922
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Government Ideology and Tuition Fee Policy: Evidence from the German States
Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
In January 2005 the German Supreme Court permitted the state governments to charge tuition fees. By exploiting the natural experiment, we examine how government ideology influenced the introduction of tuition fees. The results show that rightwing governments were active in introducing tuition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293926