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Women legislators and economic performance
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Min, Brian; … - 2018
There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the last two decades, but there is no evidence of how this influences economic performance. We investigate this using data on competitive elections to India's state assemblies, leveraging close elections to...
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The political competition-economic performance puzzle : evidence from the OECD countries and the Italian regions
Padovano, Fabio (contributor); Ricciuti, Roberto (contributor) - 2008
puzzle: data tend to support the theory at the lower levels of government, but not in panels of countries. We argue that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763178
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Federalism, Taxation, and Economic Growth
Hatfield, John William - 2006
We show that federalism will lead to higher economic growth. We present a model of endogenous growth where government services, funded by income and capital taxes, are a component of production. In this model a decentralized government will choose tax policy to maximize economic growth, while a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012734002
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The political economy of growth and distribution : a theoretical critique
Josten, Stefan Dietrich; Truger, Achim - 2003
This paper reconsiders the political economy approach to growth and distribution according to which (1) rising inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed by higher distortionary taxation; and (3) higher distortionary taxes reduce economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010486797
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Endogenous Public Policy and Long-Run Growth
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard J. - 2004
We study the determinants of voting outcomes on the provision of public consumption through marginal income taxes in the context of the simple linear growth model. We focus on how the dynamic politicoeconomic equilibrium maps the economic fundamentals to policies and long-run growth. We find...
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Endogenous Public Policy and Long-Run Growth : Some Simple Analytics
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard J. - 2006
We study the determinants of voting outcomes on the provision of public consumption through marginal income taxes in the context of the simple linear growth model. We provide analytical results on how the dynamic politicoeconomic equilibrium maps the economic fundamentals to policies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066719
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The Political Resource Curse
Brollo, Fernanda - 2010
politicians, both with theory and data. The theory is based on a version of the career concerns model of political agency with … implications of the theory and identify the causal effect of larger federal transfers on political corruption and the observed … features of political candidates at the municipal level. In accordance with the predictions of the theory, we find that larger …
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Essays in political economy
Ruthardt, Fabian - 2023
Demokratien bestimmen die Bürger*innen nicht direkt die Politik. Sie wählen Politiker, die als unvollkommene Repräsentanten des … BIP-Wachstum, die Handelsbilanz und die Staatsfinanzen. In Kapitel 2 wird dargestellt, wie Politiker ihre Steuerpolitik. …
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Democracy and Growth: Is The Effect Non-Linear?
Libman, Alexander - In: Economic Research Guardian 2 (2012) 1, pp. 99-120
The paper provides a survey of theoretical and empirical literature on non-linear impact of democracy on economic growth. First, it looks at two main approaches to the non-linearity: the U-shape and the inverse U-shape. Then it proceeds by looking at the specifics of hybrid regimes and tries to...
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In Europe we trust?
Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Haas, Jasmina - 2016
The decrease in the rule of law and in control of corruption in several EU countries is a threat to the cohesion in the EU. Brexit has reinforced the centrifugal forces in the EU. To counter this threat the EU needs to engage in unpopular measures as they infringe on the Member States'...
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