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Intelligent policy making? Key actors' perspectives on the development and implementation of an early years' initiative in Scotland's public health arena
Deas, L.; Mattu, L.; Gnich, W. - In: Social Science & Medicine 96 (2013) C, pp. 1-8
Increased political enthusiasm for evidence-based policy and action has re-ignited interest in the use of evidence within political and practitioner networks. Theories of evidence-based policy making and practice are being re-considered in an attempt to better understand the processes through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702828
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Beyond Electoral Democracy: Foreign Aid and the Challenge of Deepening Democracy in Benin
Gazibo, Mamoudou - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
In the 1990s, analysts were almost unanimous in considering Benin to be one of the most important aid recipients among the newly democratizing African countries. After more than two decades of democratic practice, the country has clearly completed the pha
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854502
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The Control of Politicians in Normal Times and Times of Crisis: Wealth Accumulation by U.S. Congressmen, 1850–1880
Querubin, Pablo; Snyder, James M. - In: Quarterly Journal of Political Science 8 (2013) 4, pp. 409-450
We employ a regression discontinuity design (RDD) based on close elections to estimate the rents from a seat in the U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010883391
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Decentralization, Accountability and the 2007 MPs Elections in Kenya
Gutierrez-Romero, Roxana - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010
The Kenyan Constituency Development Fund (CDF) aims to alleviate poverty by allocating resources to constituencies which MPs and residents decide how to spend.  In this paper we assess whether MPs' re-election chances were affected by their management of the CDF.  For this purpose we analyse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004444
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Looking Beyond the Incumbent: The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes
Chong, Alberto; O, Ana L. De La; Karlan, Dean; … - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2012
parties? Democratic theory assumes that offering more information to voters will enhance electoral accountability. However, if … copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout … of information are necessary, they may be insufficient to improve political accountability, since voters may respond to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653352
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Lexicographic Voting
Klingelhöfer, Jan - CESifo - 2012
This paper reconsiders the division of the literature on electoral competition into models with forward-looking voters and those with backward-looking voters by combining ideas from both strands of the literature. As long as there is no uncertainty about voters’ policy preferences and parties...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539147
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Decentralization, Accountability and the 2007 MPs Elections in Kenya
Gutiérrez-Romero, Roxana - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2010
The Kenyan Constituency Development Fund (CDF) aims to alleviate poverty by allocating resources to constituencies which MPs and residents decide how to spend. In this paper we assess whether MPs’ re-election chances were affected by their management of the CDF. For this purpose we analyse the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642411
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Terrorism Prevention and Electoral Accountability
Dragu, Tiberiu; Polborn, Mattias - CESifo - 2009
How does electoral accountability affect the effectiveness of terrorism prevention in a democ- racy? We analyze the … connection between electoral accountability and policy effectiveness in the context of terrorism prevention. We develop a formal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596575
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Decentralization and Electoral Accountability : Incentives, Separation and Vote Welfare
Jean, HINDRIKS; Ben, Lockwood - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2005
This paper studies the relationship between fiscal decentralization and electoral accountability, by analyzing how … public good spillovers or economics of scale, so that absent elections, voters are indifferent about the fiscal regime. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004984717
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Decentralization and electoral accountability: incentives, separation, and voter welfare
HINDRIKS, Jean; LOCKWOOD, Ben - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2005
This paper studies the relationship between fiscal decentralization and electoral accountability, by analyzing how … public good spillovers or economies of scale, so that absent elections, voters are indifferent about the fiscal regime. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005043539