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contracts, and democratic elections. An information market is used to predict the long-term performance of a policy, while …
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We examine the interaction between vote-share contracts and learning-by-doing. Candidates for a political office are allowed to offer vote-share thresholds. The elected politician has to achieve at least this threshold value in his reelection result to remain in office for a second term. We...
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In this paper we examine the impact of tax contracts as a novel institution on elections, policies, and welfare. We …
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The absence of the deselection threat in incumbents’ last term in office can be negative or positive for society. Some politicians may reduce their efforts, while others may pursue beneficial long-term policies that may be unpopular in the short term. We propose a novel pension system that...
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. The paper tests the hypothesis cross‐nationally, using data on all multiparty elections held in the world in the period …
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This paper analyses institutional reforms and political participation, most notably indirect and direct elections of … residential committees (RC), in China's urban neighbourhoods and communities (shequ). It shows that these elections at present are … about - RC elections in the daily lives of China's urban dwellers still are, they still have some influence on political …
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Journalism is widely believed to be crucial for holding elected officials accountable. At the same time economic theory has a hard time providing an instrumental explanation for the existence of "accountability journalism". According to the common Downsian reasoning, rational voters should not...
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