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Internal and external political competition
Hugh-Jones, David - 2009
subjects may exit. In a simple model, both kinds of competition are substitutes. Internal competition (democracy) benefits … democracy, and rulers are less eager to oppose it, when external competition is high. In a panel of countries, there are fewer … changes towards democracy when states have low GDP relative to their neighbours. …
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Democracy, inequality and the environment when citizens can mitigate privately or act collectively
Bernard, Sophie; Hotte, Louis; Winer, Stanley L. - 2010
We study the political economy of the environment in autocratic, weak and strong democracies when individuals can either mitigate the health consequences of domestic pollution privately or reduce pollution collectively through public policy. The setting is that of a small open economy in which...
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A Reform Dilemma in Polarized Democracies
Gersbach, Hans; Tejada, Oriol - 2016
We study the feasibility and efficiency of policy reforms in polarized democracies. We develop a simple election model where (i) reforms are costly for voters and politicians and these costs increase with the extent of policy change, and (ii) politicians differ in their ability to carry out...
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Liberalization, democracy and economic performance during transition
Fidrmuc, Jan - 2000
liberalization. Second, democracy has a negative effect on growth during the contraction, whereas its effect appears insignificant … apparently go beyond deteriorating economic performance. The level of democracy, in contrast, increases the support for the …
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Domestic political survival and international conflict: Is democracy good for peace?
Baliga, Sandeep; Lucca, David; Sjostrom, Tomas - 2009
non-hostile country. The result is a non-monotonic relationship between democracy and peace. Using the Polity IV dataset …
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What does it take to sell environmental policy? An empirical analysis of referendum data
Halbheer, Daniel; Niggli, Sarah; Schmutzler, Armin - 2005
We analyze the factors that influence the support for environmental policy proposals. Swiss referendum data show that proposals obtain more yes-votes if they do not restrict consumption possibilities directly, if they are endorsed by the largest business association, if environmental preferences...
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An enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment, and dissolution of states and governmental units
Hausken, Kjell; Knutsen, John F. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-32, pp. 1-38
autonomy to each individual as in a direct democracy. The mechanism is designed such that Pareto optimality is possible, in …
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Democracy, markets and the commons: Towards a reconciliation of freedom and ecology
Peter, Lukas - 2021
How can we overcome the existing political, economic, and ecological crises that humanity faces? With the notion of the commons, Lukas Peter argues that this form of social organization can provide answers to the shortcomings of centralized states and open and competitive markets. By building on...
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Armutsbekämpfung versus Demokratieförderung: Wie lässt sich der entwicklungspolitische Trade-Off überwinden?
Pies, Ingo; Wockenfuß, Christof - 2008
Die internationale Entwicklungszusammenarbeit verfolgt zwei Ziele: Armutsreduzierung und Demokratisierung. Auf der Grundlage eines Rational-Choice-Modells wird gezeigt, dass diese Ziele in einem Konflikt zueinander stehen, wenn Maßnahmen westlicher Entwicklungspolitik in und auf Diktaturen...
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The Impact of Referendums on the Centralisation of Public Goods Provision: A Political Economy Approach
Schnellenbach, Jan; Feld, Lars; schaltegger, Christoph - 2007
likely through representative democracy. In the non-cooperative case, the more extensive possibilities for institutional … design under representative democracy increase the likelihood of centralisation. Direct democracy may thus be interpreted as …
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