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Inequality and Political Clientelism: Evidence from South India
Markussen, Thomas - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2010
. The paper discusses when and why clientelism on the basis of party affiliation may arise. Operationally, party …-based clientelism is defined as a bias of public policy in favour of members of the governing political party. In a sample of local … governments in India, party-based clientelism is shown to exist in two out of four states and to be strongly affected by economic …
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Political Change and the Business Elite in Indonesia
Johansson, Anders - Stockholm China Economic Research Institute, … - 2014
As Suharto’s authoritarian regime came to an end in 1998, the country’s business elite faced new challenges. While rent seeking had previously primarily taken place through direct relationships with and concessions from Suharto, the business elite in contemporary Indonesia operates in a...
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Un parti paysan dans la ville en Bolivie : le Mouvement vers le socialisme (MAS) à La Paz (2005-2010)
Alto, Hervé Do - In: Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - … 92 (2011) 4, pp. 389-416
[paper in French] The takeover of the Bolivian presidency by the peasant trade-unionist Evo Morales and his party, the Movement towards Socialism (MAS), in 2005 not only marked the return of the left into the national political arena, but illustrates as well the raise, begun in the mid 90s, of...
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Why Do Some Countries Spend More for Health? An Assessment of Sociopolitical Determinants and International Aid for Government Health Expenditures
Liang, Li-Lin; Mirelman, Andrew J - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
A consensus exists that rising income levels and technological development are among the key drivers of total health spending. However, determinants of public sector health expenditure are less well understood. This study examines a complex relationship across government health expenditure...
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The Choice of Institutions
Alesina, Alberto - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 3, pp. 3-10
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An Economic Theory of Constitutional Choice
Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 3, pp. 11-16
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Storable Votes: Giving Voice to Minority Preferences without Sacrificing Efficiency
Casella, Alessandra; Palfrey, Thomas; Riezman, Raymond - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 3, pp. 17-22
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Joining the CCS Club! Insights from a Northwest European CO2 Pipeline Project
Massol, O.; Tchung-Ming, S. - Department of Economics, City University - 2012
The large-scale diffusion of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) imposes the construction of a sizeable CO2 pipeline infrastructure. This paper analyzes the conditions for a widespread adoption of CCS by a group of emitters that can be connected to a common pipeline system. It details a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268958
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The Evolution of Central Banks
Goodhart, Charles - The MIT Press
to the performance of its role. Goodhart addresses the questions of deposit insurance and takes up the "club theory …
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Sequencing of Club Enlargement: "big bang," "gradualism," and internal reform
Kunin, Michael - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2004
In an incomplete contract framework, I analyse how a club chooses its enlargement strategy in the presence of congestion. The club faces two waves of applicants. The applicants are homogeneous within each wave but differ in their conformity to the club's standards across waves. For each wave,...
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