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This paper studies the effect of elections and democracy on bond and equity flows to emerging countries. Our results … indicate that elections affect portfolio flows: the period following an election is generally characterised by a fall in equity … uncertainty about future policies plays a key role in explaining the effect of elections. Bond flows decrease after an election …
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elections). The non-structural model provides a good fit to options prices but is unable to provide as much information about …
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The extension of the franchise to social groups with less property and income is associated with greater income redistribution from the rich to the poor and extension in the provision of public goods, which leads to the growth of government expenditure. All of these expected changes are costly...
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The extension of the franchise to social groups with less property and income is associated with greater income redistribution from the rich to the poor and extension in the provision of public goods, which leads to the growth of government expenditure. All of these expected changes are costly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955044
economies, previous political cycle models had overlooked the influence of elections on the behavior of exchange rates. Voter …
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This study examines how the economic effects of elections in rural China depend on voter heterogeneity, for which …
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The body of literature on purely democratic countries can sometimes fail to explain the behavior of government in semi-democratic African countries. Empirical and theoretical political economic papers and that public funds target ruling party supporters and swing districts. Our results, however,...
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growth is systematically affected by the timing of elections. We cover the period from 1973-2009. Our results can be … elections, perhaps as a result of politically motivated employment schemes. 2. In ation tend to be lower in preelection periods …
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quantitative and qualitative research, the study analyses these characteristics in the period of parliamentary elections of 2016 in …
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We develop a model of the incentives faced by members of parliament (MPs) when deciding whether to engage in effort for their constituencies to assess the effects of their having a criminal background. Political representatives with criminal backgrounds are considered a great problem in many...
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