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This paper studies a principal-agent model of the relationship between an incumbent officeholder and the electorate, where the officeholder is initially uninformed about her ability. If officeholder effort and ability interact in the production function that determines performance in office,...
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Although pre-electoral political manipulation of the budget --- the political budget cycle (PBC) --- has been long investigated by scholars, empirical findings are mixed at best. This is partly because of the non-random nature of election timing. There also exist ongoing debates over how the...
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This paper studies a principal-agent model of the relationship between an incumbent officeholder and the electorate, where the officeholder is initially uninformed about her ability. If officeholder effort and ability interact in the ""production function"" that determines performance in office,...
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rate. The new model is within a broader theory that includes risk effectsnormally excluded, SKAT, the Stages of Knowledge … Ahead Theory. We use SKAT to analyse outliers inour experimental results, and indicate some new directions and foci for … ; IMF ; exchange rate regime ; exchange rate volatility ; experiment ; SKAT the Stages of Knowledge Ahead Theory ; monetary …
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Certificate trading schemes have been discussed as a cost-efficient means of reducing land use in Germany by capping and reallocating permissions to conduct building projects. However, in contrast to the established cap & trade systems for emissions, reputation-seeking politicians would be in...
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