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Should the EU have a president with two hats? (Pro and contra) : yes
Crum, Ben - In: CESifo Forum 3 (2002) 4, pp. 19-20
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998583
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Should the EU have a president with two hats? (Pro and contra) : no
Brok, Elmar - In: CESifo Forum 3 (2002) 4, pp. 21-22
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998732
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829325
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Designed for Patience: The Significance of Internal Factors in the Ukrainian and Belarusian Transitions
Mészáros, Ádám; Szabó, Zsolt - In: Transition Studies Review 14 (2007) 2, pp. 313-330
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005612829
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056461
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Structural Changes and Formation of Rusta-shahr in Post-Revolutionary Rural Society in Iran
Suzuki, Hitoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004
The following paper is based on the author's two-year research and fieldwork in Iran and examines the process of political and social changes since the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the subsequent impact of the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88. This paper focuses on the transition of traditional, small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227598
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Do Parties Matter?: Estimating the Effect of Political Power in Multi-party Systems
Freier, Ronny; Odendahl, Christian - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
This paper estimates the effect of political power on tax policies in municipal councils under a proportional election …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896169
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Do Absolute Majorities Spend Less?: Evidence from Germany
Freier, Ronny; Odendahl, Christian - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
the case. Using a new method to detect close election outcomes in multi-party systems, we isolate truly exogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896173
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Political Careers or Career Politicians? Second Version
Mattozzi, Andrea; Merlo, Antonio - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2005
Two main career paths are prevalent among politicians in modern democracies: there are career politicians (i ….e., politicians who work in the political sector until retirement), and political careers (i.e., there are politicians who leave … careers of politicians in an environment with a private sector and a political sector, where individuals are heterogeneous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126705
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A Political Economy Model of Congressional Careers: Supplementary Materiel
Diermeier, Daniel; Keane, Michael; Merlo, Antonio - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2004
This paper contains additional details about the model in our paper “A Political Economy Model of Congressional Careers” (Diermeier, Keane and Merlo (2004)), as well as the computational methods we use to solve and estimate the model, and the construction of the data set.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005061913