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Women Political Leaders, Corruption and Learning: Evidence from a Large Public Program in India
Afridi, Farzana; Iversen, Vegard; Sharan, M.R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
India. Using primary survey data, we find more program inefficiencies and leakages in village councils reserved for women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627851
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Women political leaders, corruption and learning: Evidence from a large public program in India
Afridi, Farzana; Iversen, Vegard; Sharan, M.R. - Indian Statistical Institute - 2013
India. Using primary survey data, we find more program inefficiencies and leakages in village councils reserved for women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706354
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The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India
Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
on panel data from India. We show that public food distribution and calamity relief expenditure are greater, controlling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928605
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Right to the city and critical reflections on property rights activism in China’s urban renewal contexts
Shin, Hyun Bang - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2011
The rapid transformation of urban socio-spatial landscape in China has resulted in an increasing degree of frustration and discontent among local residents who face threats of demolition and eviction. This has given rise to sporadic protests by local residents who are often known as 'nail...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645886
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Right to the city and critical reflections on property rights activism in China’s urban renewal contexts
Shin, Hyun Bang - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2011
The rapid transformation of urban socio-spatial landscape in China has resulted in an increasing degree of frustration and discontent among local residents who face threats of demolition and eviction. This has given rise to sporadic protests by local residents who are often known as 'nail...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010636820
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The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India
Besley, Timothy J.; Burgess, Robin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
on panel data from India. We show that public food distribution and calamity relief expenditure are greater, controlling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791661
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Why Populist Democracy Promotes Market Liberalization
Grosjean, Pauline; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases citizens’ support for the market by guaranteeing income redistribution to inequality-averse agents. Our identification strategy relies on the restriction of the sample to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822609
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Liberté, justice et efficacité : distribution, impôts et transferts optimaux
Kolm, Serge-Christophe - In: Revue économique 57 (2006) 1, pp. 55-84
« Social freedom » and the respect of corresponding rights, as well as Pareto efficiency (a priori required by democracy), imply that taxes and subsidies (re)distributing income are based on given « natural resources », the main of which ?'by very far?' consists of individuals?' productive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578629
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Corruption in Russia: Classification and Dynamics
Levin, M.; G. Satarov. - In: VOPROSY ECONOMIKI 10 (2012)
The paper analyses Russian corruption as a?specific "industry" of the Russian economy that is in many important … respects influenced by the political system. The latter, in turn, is also being transformed due to corruption. The authors … introduce and discuss the basic concepts used in the corruption analysis: everyday corruption, business corruption, corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860806
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Communism or communists? Soviet legacies and corruption in transition economies
Libman, Alexander; Obydenkova, Anastassia - Frankfurt School of Finance and Management - 2013
This working paper contains supplementary material to the paper Communism or Communists? Soviet Legacies and Corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957484