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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
Does information about rampant political corruption increase electoral participation and the support for challenger … copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …
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Mises, Hayek and Corruption
Otáhal, Tomáš - Provozně ekonomická fakulta, Mendelova Univerzita v Brnĕ - 2013
economic problem of corruption. Since private ownership discourages entrepreneurs from rent-seeking, and privately owned media … also solves the corruption problem. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627738
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Accountability and Cheap Talk
Di Maggio, Marco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper analyzes a cheap talk model with heterogeneous receivers who are accountable for the correctness of their actions, showing that there exists a truth-revealing equilibrium. This sheds new light on the important role played by elections in shaping politicians' and, more surprisingly,...
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Using Forecasting to Detect Corruption in International Football
Reade, J. James; Akie, Sachiko - Department of Economics, George Washington University - 2013
Corruption is hidden action aimed at influencing the outcome of an event away from its competitive outcome. It is … evidence procured in our manner as conclusive regarding the existence or otherwise of corruption, but nonetheless we argue that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011155519
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Corruption in an Unstable Environment
Merz, Christian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
In this paper we study the influence of economic stability on the level of corruption in a country, where high … exogenous shocks to economic output where politicians can decide about the level of corruption and an election is held within … the framework of a Bayesian game. Corruption is assumed to be harmful to the economy and politicians try to maximize …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518242
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Looking Beyond the Incumbent: The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes
Chong, Alberto; De La O, Ana; Karlan, Dean S.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Does information about rampant political corruption increase electoral participation and the support for challenger … copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084114
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Role of media in curbing corruption: the case of Uganda under President Yoweri K. Museveni during the “no-party” system
Nogara, Monica - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2009
Free, independent and hard-hitting media can play an important role in curbing corruption. Media in Uganda has enjoyed … landscape, however, have presented both challenges and opportunities for media’s watchdog role on corruption. This paper will …
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HIV testing, subjective beliefs and economic behavior
Thornton, Rebecca L. - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 2, pp. 300-313
This paper examines the effects of learning HIV status on economic behavior among rural Malawians. According to economic life-cycle models, if learning HIV results is informative about additional years of life, being diagnosed HIV-positive or negative should predict changes in consumption,...
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Can Good Products Drive Out Bad? Evidence from Local Markets for (Fake?) Antimalarial Medicine in Uganda
Björkman Nyqvist, Martina; Svensson, Jakob; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Counterfeit and sub-standard antimalarial drugs present a growing threat to public health. This paper investigates the mechanisms that determine the prevalence of fake antimalarial drugs in local markets, their effects, and potential interventions to combat the problem. We collect drug samples...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084176
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Manager’s decision-making in organizations empirical analysis of bureaucratic vs. learning approach
Bolfikova, Eva; Hrehova, Daniela; Frenova, Jana - In: Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u … 28 (2010) 1, pp. 135-163
The paper is focused on the study of manager’s decision-making with respect to the basic model of learning organization, presented by P. Senge as a system model of management. On one hand, the empirical research was conducted in connection with key dimensions of organizational learning such...
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