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Inequality and Political Clientelism: Evidence from South India
Markussen, Thomas - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2010
governments in India, party-based clientelism is shown to exist in two out of four states and to be strongly affected by economic …. 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 …
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Reversal of Opinion: The Implications of the Work of Acemoglu and Robinson for Marxist Thought
Petith, Howard - Departament d'Economia i Història Econòmica, … - 2008
This paper describes the implications for Marxist thought of the work of Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. In the first two periods of this they explained how the rise of democracy brought prosperity to Europe  and why the same process had not worked in Latin America because of the possibility...
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The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. - In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 29 (2015) 1, pp. 3-28
Thomas Piketty's (2013) book, <em>Capital in the 21st Century</em>, follows in the tradition of the great classical economists, like Marx and Ricardo, in formulating general laws of capitalism to diagnose and predict the dynamics of inequality. We argue that general economic laws are unhelpful as a guide...
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THE ROLE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS IN NEW DEMOCRACIES: EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA
Martinez-Bravo, Monica - Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI) - 2013
New democracies experience greater electoral fraud and more clientelistic spending than established democracies. This paper shows that the body of appointed local officials that a new democracy inherits from the previous regime is a key determinant of the extent of these practices. With a unique...
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What Happens When a Woman Wins an Election? Evidence from Close Races in Brazil
Brollo, Fernanda; Troiano, Ugo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
municipal elections are approaching. These findings suggest that male mayors may promote more political patronage than female …
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Quid Pro Quo: Builders, Politicians, and Election Finance in India- Working Paper 276
Kapur, Devesh; Vaishnav, Milan - 2011
illicit means of financing campaigns. This paper examines one such channel of illicit campaign finance: India’s real estate …
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Do voters demand responsive governments? Evidence from Indian disaster relief
Cole, Shawn; Healy, Andrew; Werker, Eric - In: Journal of Development Economics 97 (2012) 2, pp. 167-181
Using rainfall, public relief, and election data from India, we examine how governments respond to adverse shocks and …
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O mercado e o mercado interno no Brasil: conceito e história
Paula, João Antonio de - In: História Econômica & História de Empresas 5 (2002) 1
This article discusses three basic problems: 1. the nature and use of concept of the market in the social sciences; 2. the centrality of the concept of internal market, as formulated by Marx and a certain Marxist tradition for explaining the genesis and the dynamics of capitalism; and 3. the...
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Some Economic Results of the Civilizing Mission
Alam, M. Shahid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper proposes three tasks. It briefly delineates the character of the civilizing mission and the interests it served, especially the colonization of Asia and Africa. In addition, the claims of the civilizing mission and the neoclassical theory of trade are tested empirically by comparing...
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Market operation and distributive justice: An evaluation of the ACCRA confession
Graafland, J.J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In the so-called ACCRA declaration of 2004 the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) condemns neo liberal globalisation on grounds of lack of justice. This paper outlines ten alternative criteria for distributive justice. We show that Biblical ethics support various of these criteria,...
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