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Essays in political economy
Ruthardt, Fabian - 2023
In dieser Dissertation wird die Wechselwirkung zwischen der Wirtschaft und den Wahlen, Politikern und Politik untersucht. Um die Wähler über die Folgen ihrer Wahlentscheidung zu informieren, ist das Verständnis der Dreiecksbeziehung zwischen der Wirtschaft, den politischen Akteuren und den...
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Economic growth in the Potterian economy
Snir, Avichai; Levy, Daniel C. - 2010
We study the economic structure of the life of Harry Potter and his co-actors as an economic model that governs the social organization of their economic activities. Our goal is to study and understand the internal consistency of the Potterian economic model and explore the relationships between...
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Vote-buying and growth
Gersbach, Hans; Mühe, Felix - 2008
Vote-buying is widely used by parties in developing countries to influence the outcome of elections. We examine the impact of vote-buying on growth. We consider a model with a poverty trap where redistribution can promote growth. We show that vote-buying contributes to the persistence of poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762209
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Vote-Buying and Growth
Gersbach, Hans; Muehe, Felix - 2008
Vote-buying is widely used by parties in developing countries to influence the outcome of elections. We examine the impact of vote-buying on growth. We consider a model with a poverty trap where redistribution can promote growth. We show that vote-buying contributes to the persistence of poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214499
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Partisan Competition, Growth and the Franchise
Llavador, Humberto; Oxoby, Robert J. - 2004
The nineteenth century was a time of substantial changes in the patterns of economic growth and the structure of and allocation of political rights. The concurrence of these changes is not coincidental. We develop a model in which ideological parties representing elites use the allocation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014070774
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Re-Election Incentives And Economic Performance : Theory And Cross-Country Evidence
Shi, Xiangyu - 2022
In this paper, I document three stylized facts on leaders, institutions, and re-election incentives, using cross … pronounced in their last term, when they do not have any re-election incentives; (2) in democracies, the positive relationship … dynamic decision making of a politician with re-election concerns …
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Electoral Fraud, the Rise of Peron and Demise of Checks and Balances in Argentina
Gallo, Andres A.; Alston, Lee J. - 2009
The future looked bright for Argentina in the early twentieth century. It had already achieved high levels of income per capita and was moving away from authoritarian government towards a more open democracy. Unfortunately, Argentina never finished the transition. The turning point occurred in...
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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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Ideology, competence and luck : what determines general election results?
Maloney, John (contributor);  … - 2008
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Elections, fiscal policy and growth : revisiting the mechanism
Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Philippopulos, Apostolēs; … - 2002
endogenous growth and optimal fiscal policy, in which two political parties can alternate in power. We show that re-election … uncertainty is not enough to produce the popular result. Specifically, re-election uncertainty must be combined with the …
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