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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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The Choice of Institutions
Alesina, Alberto - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 3, pp. 3-10
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056411
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An Economic Theory of Constitutional Choice
Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 3, pp. 11-16
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056450
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Democratic Institutions and Provision of Public Good
Saha, Sarani - Department of Economics, University of California-Santa … - 2007
This paper aims to test empirically the predictions of a theory that deals with the effect of different democratic regimes on public good provision. The theory predicts higher provision of public good in proportional electoral systems and parliamentary political regimes in comparison to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010538301
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Choosing Electoral Rules in the Presence of Corruption
Tavares, Samia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
chosen to maximize opportunities for corruption. This paper uses the recent wave of democratization and the resulting writing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837392
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Does Democracy Promote or Reduce Transnational Terrorist Incidents?
Li, Quan - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 49 (2005) 2, pp. 278-297
This article studies the various mechanisms by which democracy affects transnational terrorism. New theoretical … mechanisms are identified that either complement or encompass existing arguments. Different effects of democracy on transnational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010801553
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Party Dominance and the Logic of Electoral Design in Mexico’s Transition to Democracy
Diaz-Cayeros, Alberto; Magaloni, Beatriz - In: Journal of Theoretical Politics 13 (2001) 3, pp. 271-293
This paper discusses the role of electoral institutional design in Mexico’s transition to democracy. Our argument is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011135447
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Populist Strategies in African Democracies
Resnick, Danielle - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
Drawing on insights from Latin America, this paper examines the factors that contributed to the use of populist strategies by political parties during recent presidential elections in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia. Specifically, the paper argues that the nature of party competition in Africa,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008738734
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Friedman’s First Law fails: Oil prices do not predict freedom
Townsend, Steve - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 4 (2009) 1, pp. 78-83
Thomas Friedman’s First Law of Petropolitics has acquired wide circulation and acceptance without being subjected to proper scrutiny. His claim that, in oil-rich, less-developed countries, there is an inverse correlation between the price of oil and the level of freedom is false. Friedman...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010941235
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Political Origins of Financial Structure
Bhattacharyya, Sambit - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011
to the event of becoming a democracy.  We find that democratization leads to a more market-based financial system … democratization on financial structure in a sample of 96 countries covering the period 1970 to 2005.  Democratization here corresponds … change on financial structure we estimate a separate model and find that democracy matters.  We also find that countries with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004286