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A Utopia? - Government without Territorial Monopoly
Frey, Bruno S. - 2000
We normally take it for granted: a government or state has its corresponding territory. This paper shows that government need not have a territorial monopoly.
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Are Human Rights and Economic Well-Being Substitutes? Evidence from Migration Patterns across the Indian States
Libman, Aleksandr M.; Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten; Yadav, … - Frankfurt School of Finance & Management - 2011
The aim of the paper is to study the relation between the demand for human rights and foreconomic prosperity. It analyzes the demand not, as it is often done in the literature, from the“voice” perspective (political activity), but rather looks at the “exit” perspective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009005032
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Ideology without Ideologists
Mechtenberg, Lydia - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin> - 2007
Generally, Democrats do not increase military spending, and Republicans do not raise welfare payments. Mostly, ruling politicians stick to the manifesto of their party. The current paper provides a theoretical explanation for this phenomenonthat does not assume politicians or voters to be...
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Electoral Accountability and Corruption inLocal Governments: Evidence from Audit Reports
Ferraz, Claudio; Finan, Frederico - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Political corruption is a concern of many modern democracies. It weakens democraticinstitutions, restricts public services, and lowers productivity undermining economicdevelopment. Yet despite its importance, our understanding of what determines corruption islimited. This paper uses a novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862786
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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSIVENESS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002
The determinants of government responsiveness to its citizens is a key issue in politicaleconomy. Here, we develop a model based on the solution of political agency problems.Having a more informed and politically active electorate strengthens incentives for governmentsto be responsive. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009305057
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Leader behaviour and the natural resource curse
Caselli, Francesco; Cunningham, Tom - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009
We discuss political economy mechanisms which can explain the resource curse,in which an increase in the size of resource rents causes a decrease in the economy’stotal value added. We identify a number of channels through which resource rentswill alter the incentives of a political leader....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009305061
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Welfare Reform in the United States: Implications for British Social Policy
Midgley, James; Stewart, Kitty; Piachaud, David; … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008
Recent government pronouncements in the UK and above all the recent Conservative Party (2008) policy document on welfare reform suggest that US welfare reform is increasingly being taken as a model for the UK. What lessons should the UK draw from US experience? The long established means tested...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009305134
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Vicarious Learning And Socio-EconomicTransformation In Indian Trans-Himalaya
Chandrasekhar, K.; Bhaduri, Saradindu - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2005
Recently, it has been suggested that the process of economic development should ideally be viewed as a … aspects have only been inadequately addressed in development theory. This paperargues that social-cognitive vicarious learning …, values), behaviour and environment. Our analysis is basedon a survey of the Indian trans-Himalayan regions. The development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005866006
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Trade and the Skill Premium Puzzle with Capital Market Imperfections
Bonfatti, Roberto; Ghatak, Maitreesh - University <Oxford> / Department of Economics; London … - 2010
An interesting puzzle is that trade liberalization in the 1980s and 1990s has been associated with a sharp increase in the skill premium in both developed and developing countries.This is in contrast with neoclassical theory, according to which trade should increase therelative return of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008860714
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Public-Private Partnerships for the Provision of Public Goods: Theory and an Application to NGOs
Besley, Timothy; Ghatak, Maitreesh - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999
This paper analyzes the role of public and private responsibility in the provision of publicgoods. We emphasize that a typical public good will require many different inputs whichraises the possibility of partnerships to exploit comparative advantages of different parties.But hold-up problems...
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