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Streitpunkt EU-Agrarhaushalt - ein Diskussionsbeitrag zur politischen Forderung eines radikalen Abbaus der Agrarstützung
Schöpe, Manfred - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 58 (2005) 19, pp. 28-36
Auf dem so genannten Krisengipfel der Staats- und Regierungschefs der EU-Mitgliedsländer im Sommer dieses Jahres kam starke Kritik vor allem vom britischen Premier Tony Blair an den "hohen Agrarsubventionen" auf. Auch wenn die Frage des EU-Agrarhaushaltes mittlerweile wieder in den Hintergrund...
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The Condorcet paradox revisited
Herings P.J.J.; H, Houba - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013
We analyze the Condorcet paradox within a strategic bargaining model with majority voting, exogenous recognition probabilities, and no discounting. Stationary subgame perfect equilibria (SSPE) exist whenever the geometric mean of the players' risk coefficients, ratios of utility differences...
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Modeling Oligarchs' Campaign Donations and Ideological Preferences with Simulated Agent-Based Spatial Elections
Wright, Mason; Sengupta, Pratim - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 18 (2015) 2, pp. 3-3
In this paper, we investigate the interactions among oligarchs, political parties, and voters using an agent-based modeling approach. We introduce the OLIGO model, which is based on the spatial model of democracy, where voters have positions in a policy space and vote for the party that appears...
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Corporate Political Activities and the Strategic Management
BUSOI, Simona; ISTOCESCU, Amedeo - In: REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF … 12 (2011) 6, pp. 146-151
At this present rate of supersaturation of the markets, the interaction between economic actors and political officials gains a momentum without precedent. Difficulties faced by corporations generate lobby activities intended for soliciting financial support, public-private partnerships are...
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Votes and Lobbying in the European Decision-Making Process: Application to the European Regulation on GMO Release
Rouchier, Juliette; Thoyer, Sophie - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2003
international level, and to assess how new consultation procedures affect the final decision. It is based on public choice theory as … well as on political science findings. We consider in this paper that lobbying groups have different strategies for … the market of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). It illustrates the political links between public opinions, lobbying …
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Votes and Lobbying in the European Decision-Making Process: Application to the European Regulation on GMO Release
Rouchier, Juliette; Thoyer, Sophie - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 9 (2006) 3, pp. 1-1
international level, and to assess how new consultation procedures affect the final decision. It is based on public choice theory as … well as on political science findings. We consider in this paper that lobbying groups have different strategies for … the market of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). It illustrates the political links between public opinions, lobbying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518630
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Wohnungspolitik im Dilemma von Glaubwürdigkeit und Erpressbarkeit: Das Beispiel des Altschuldenkompromisses in der ostdeutschen Wohnungswirtschaft.
Sander, Birgit - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2001
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Corporate Lobbying in the European Union: Towards a Theory of Access.
Bouwen, P. - European Institute - Political and Social Sciences - 2001
explained interms of a theory of demand and supply of access goods. Access goods concern information that is crucial in the EU …
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Determinants of the influence of voters and interest groups on the political decision making process
Bischoff, Ivo - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, … - 2001
This paper provides a comprehensive theoretical model of the political decision making process. Therein two ideologically different political parties compete for power. Their primary instrument in this competition are programmatic concessions in favor of voters and interest groups. As any...
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Can grain subsidies impede rural–urban migration in hinterland China? Evidence from field surveys
Meng, Lei - In: China Economic Review 23 (2012) 3, pp. 729-741
In this paper I examine if China's grain subsidy program keeps farmers from engaging in migratory work using self-collected panel rural household survey data from Zhijiang, Hubei province. Making use of Zhijiang's unique geographical features, I construct a treatment and a control group and use...
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