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You are in charge : experimentally testing the motivating power of holding a judicial office
Engel, Christoph; Zhurakhovska, Lilia - 2016
reliable job at overcoming a social dilemma. Calling the authorities "public official" or "judge" increases their sensitivity … towards the degree by which individuals are selfish, and it reduces the effect of their social value orientation (making them … to their social value orientation. If judges are elected or experienced, they react more intensely to norm violations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011553361
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Die Sachs-Easterly-Kontroverse : "Dissent on Development" revisited
Hielscher, Stefan - 2008
Der entwicklungsökonomische Diskurs ist aktuell geprägt durch eine kontroverse Debatte zwischen Jeffrey Sachs und William Easterly. Der Beitrag rekonstruiert beide Ansätze aus ordonomischer Perspektive. Er argumentiert, dass eine auf Kooperation angelegte Semantik vergleichsweise besser...
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Productive Government Expenditure and Economic Growth
Irmen, Andreas; Kühnel, Johanna - 2008
We provide a comprehensive survey of the recent literature on the link between productive government expenditure and economic growth. Starting with the seminal paper of Robert Barro (1990) we show that an understanding of the core results of the ensuing contributions can be gained from the study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422176
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Legislative bargaining and the dynamics of public investment
Battaglini, Marco; Nunnari, Salvatore; Palfrey, Thomas R. - 2011
We present a legislative bargaining model of the provision of a durable public good over an infinite horizion. In each period, there is a societal endowment which can either be invested in the public good or consumed. We characterize the optimal public policy, defined by the time path of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009412019
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Productive government expenditure and economic growth
Irmen, Andreas; Kuehnel, Johanna - 2008
We provide a comprehensive survey of the recent literature on the link between productive government expenditure and economic growth. Starting with the seminal paper of Robert Barro (1990) we show that an understanding of the core results of the ensuing contributions can be gained from the study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003747332
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The Dual Nature of Public Goods and Congestion : The Role of Fiscal Policy Revisited
Chatterjee, Santanu - 2011
The role of fiscal policy is examined when public goods provide both productive and utility services. In the presence of congestion, the consumption tax is shown to be distortionary. Optimal fiscal policy involves using consumption-based instruments in conjunction with the income tax. An income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012714559
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Productive Government Expenditure and Economic Growth
Irmen, Andreas; Kuehnel, Johanna - 2021
We provide a comprehensive survey of the recent literature on the link between productive government expenditure and economic growth. Starting with the seminal paper of Robert Barro (1990) we show that an understanding of the core results of the ensuing contributions can be gained from the study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316522
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Stimulating the Vote : ARRA Road Spending and Vote Share
Huet-Vaughn, Emiliano - 2017
This paper estimates the impact of public good spending on voting behavior in the United States, using a quasi-experimental design and the distribution of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) road improvement projects across the state of New Jersey. I find an approximate 1.7 percentage...
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An Analysis of Public Intermediate Goods Supply in a Dynamic Small Open Economy Once Again
Yanase, Akihiko; Tawada, Makoto - 2010
This study re-examines McMillan’s analysis (1978) of a dynamic small open economy with a public intermediate good. On the trade patterns of the open economy, we find results that were overlooked in McMillan’s analysis. Among others, if labor endowment is of intermediate size, there are...
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Tragedy of the Commons after 50 Years
Marciano, Alain; Frischmann, Brett M.; Ramello, … - 2019
Garrett Hardin’s “The Tragedy of the Commons” (1968) has been incredibly influential generally and within economics, and it remains important despite some historical and conceptual flaws. Hardin focused on the stress population growth inevitably placed on environmental resources....
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