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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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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 …

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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

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 …

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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...

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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

Evidence on the Political Principal-Agent Problem from Voting on Public Finance for Concert Halls

Potrafke, Niklas - 2013

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Political cycles and economic performance in OECD countries: empirical evidence from 1951-2006

Potrafke, Niklas - 2009

This paper examines whether electoral motives and government ideology influence short-term economic performance. I employ data on annual GDP growth in 21 OECD countries over the 1951-2006 period and provide a battery of empirical tests. In countries with two-party systems GDP growth is boosted...

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Political cycles and economic performance in OECD countries: empirical evidence from 1951-2006

Potrafke, Niklas - 2010

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The growth of public health expenditures in OECD countries: do government ideology and electoral motives matter?

Potrafke, Niklas - 2010

This paper empirically evaluates whether government ideology and electoral motives influenced the growth of public health expenditures in 18 OECD countries over the 1971-2004 period. The results suggest that incumbents behaved opportunistically and increased the growth of public health...

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