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The political economics of not paying taxes
Roine, Jesper - 2003
This paper considers redistributive as well as political consequences of tax avoidance. When investing in tax avoidance is possible, the official tax rate does not necessarily correspond to what individuals actually pay in taxes. This affects both redistributive outcomes as well as individual's...
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Crime, punishment and social norms
Weibull, Jörgen W.; Villa, Edgar - 2005
We analyze the interplay between economic incentives and social norms when individuals decide whether or not to engage in criminal activity. More specifically, we assume that there is a social norm against criminal activity and that deviations from the norm result in feelings of guilt or shame....
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On the possibility of political change: Outcomes in between local and global equilibria
Olovsson, Conny; Roine, Jesper - 2007
We study voting over education subsidies where poor individuals may be excluded and the rich may chose private alternatives. With plausible changes of the standard game we show that this problem typically has multiple equilibria; one with low taxes, many excluded, and many in private schooling;...
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Searching for Keynes: An Essay on the Political Economy of Fiscal Policy, with Application to Canada, 1870-2000 - revised version
Winer, Stanley L.; Ferris, J Stephen - 2003
Keynes' General Theory (1936) is arguably one of the most important books of the twentieth century. His ideas for stabilizing the aggregate economy have profoundly influenced economic theory as well as popular opinion about what governments can and should do with respect to the business cycle....
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Lobbying, information transmission, and unequal representation
Lagerlöf, Johan; Frisell, Lars - 2004
We study the effects of unequal representation in the interest-group system on the degree of information transmission …
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The Value of Political Geography: Evidence from the Redistricting of Firms
Artés, Joaquín; Richter, Brian Kelleher; Timmons, … - 2019
We demonstrate that political geography has value to firms. We do so by exploiting shocks to political maps that occur around redistricting cycles in the United States. These keep some firms in Congressional districts that are largely unchanged at one extreme and reassign other firms to entirely...
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Women's Political Representation and Intimate Partner Violence
Anukriti, S; Erten, Bilge; Mukherjee, Priya - 2022
We estimate the impact of female leaders on intimate partner violence experienced by women in districts from which they are elected. Exposure to female leaders in state legislatures in India increases the likelihood that female constituents in rural areas report experiencing physical violence...
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Local Candidates and Distributive Politics under Closed-list Proportional Representation
Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill; Smith, Daniel M. - 2018
Geographic representation is an important consideration in candidate nominations, even under closed-list proportional … representation (PR), and may even matter for distributive policy outcomes. However, since nominations are determined strategically …, the causal effects of local representation are difficult to identify. We investigate the relationship between local …
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Voters elect politicians who closely matched their preferences
Portmann, Marco; Stadelmann, David; Eichenberger, Reiner - 2012
What determines political candidates' election prospects' We match roll call votes of candidates for the majority elected upper house of parliament who were previously in the lower house with revealed preferences of their constituency. Thereby, we obtain a direct measure of past congruence....
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Income and policy choices: Evidence from parliamentary decisions and referenda
Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco; Eichenberger, Reiner - 2014
We analyze political representation of preferences of different income groups by matching referendum outcomes for low …. Representation of income groups varies according to legislators' party affiliations. …
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