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Constitutional interests in the face of innovations: How much do we need to know about risk preferences?
Witt, Ulrich; Schubert, Christian - 2008
In constitutional political economy, the citizens' constitutional interests determine the social contract that is binding for the post-constitutional market game. However, following traditional preference subjectivism, it is left open what the constitutional interest are. Using the example of...
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Fairness and the unselfish demand for redistribution by taxpayers and welfare recipients
Sabatini, Fabio; Ventura, Marco; Yamamura, Eiji; … - 2017
We illustrate how the desire to live in a fair society that rewards individual effort and hard work triggers an unselfish though rational demand for redistribution. This leads the well off to prefer higher taxes and the poor to reject extreme progressivity. We then provide evidence of these...
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A Snapshot of Public Finance Research from Immediately Prior to the Pandemic: IIPF 2020
Agrawal, David R.; Davies, Ronald B.; LaLumia, Sara; … - 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped public policies and government finances, it has also influenced the topics that public finance economists are researching. Because the 2020 International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) Congress featured papers that were submitted prior to the start of the...
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Smaller public sectors in the Euro area: Aggregate and distributional implications
Economides, George; Papageorgiou, Dimitris; … - 2012
In this paper, we study the aggregate and distributional implications of a smaller public sector in the euro area. By a smaller public sector, we mean a reduction in public debt and/or cuts in public spending, when such changes in fiscal policy are accommodated by adjustment in various taxes....
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Fighting corruption with cultural dynamics: when legal-origins, religious-influences and existing corruption-control levels matter
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
across the best and worst corruption-fighting countries especially with respect to democracy, population growth and economic …
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Fighting corruption when existing corruption-control levels count : what do wealth effects tell us?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
(an) tool(impediment) in(to) the fight against corruption in Low(Middle) income countries. (2) Democracy increases (decreases …
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Fighting corruption in Africa: do existing corruption-control levels matter?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
seriously in comparison to those that are lax on the issue. (4) Findings on democracy broadly indicate the democratization …
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Fighting corruption when existing corruption-control levels count: what do wealth-effects tell us in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
(an) tool (impediment) in (to) the fight against corruption in Low (Middle) income countries. (2) Democracy increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390801
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Social capital and political institutions: Evidence that democracy fosters trust
Ljunge, Martin - 2013
This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with ancestries from 115 countries are studied within 30 European countries. Comparing individuals born and residing in the same country, those whose father was born in a more...
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Aleatoric Democracy
Frey, Bruno S.; Osterloh, Margit - 2016
Democracy usually is identified by the right to vote. However, in recent times voting procedures have been criticized … process. We suggest invigorating an old but nearly forgotten procedure to overcome this deficit: Aleatoric Democracy based on … considered. Persons and ideas, being so far disregarded, are taken into account. Democracy becomes vivid and creative, and does …
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