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A Quantitative Theory of Political Transitions
Buchheim, Lukas - 2019
We develop a quantitative theory of repeated political transitions driven by revolts and reforms. In the model, the beliefs of disenfranchised citizens play a key role in determining revolutionary pressure, which in interaction with preemptive reforms determine regime dynamics. We study the...
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Fiscal capacity in non-democratic states : the origins and expansion of income tax
Andersson, Per F. - 2021
The origins of fiscal capacity have traditionally been linked to warfare and democratization. However, non-democratic states also invest in fiscal capacity, even in times of peace. In fact, the majority of income taxes-a cornerstone of government finance-were introduced by non-democratic states...
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Inequalities and Identities
Reddy, Sanjay G. - 2018
concepts can be used to interpret segregation, clustering and polarization in societies …
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Why is there no revolution in North-Korea? : the political economy of revolution revisited
Apolte, Thomas - 2010
In this paper the political economy of revolutions is revisited, as it has been developed and applied in a number of publications by Acemoglu and Robinson. We criticize the fact that these authors abstract from collective-action problems and focus on inequality of income or wealth instead. In...
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Unequal Sacrifice : Income Inequality and Willingness to Fight Wars
Anderson, Christopher J. - 2010
Does economic inequality diminish the capacity of democracies to extract voluntary sacrifice? And does inequality undermine citizen's willingness to do their civic duty when the state is under threat? We address these questions by linking income inequality with people's willingness to fight for...
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A Theory of Political Transitions
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. - 2003
We develop a theory of political transitions inspired in part by the experiences of Western Europe and Latin America. Nondemocratic societies are controlled by a rich elite. The initially disenfranchised poor can contest power by threatening social unrest or revolution and this may force the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014175752
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Income inequality and political polarization
Marz, Waldemar - 2024
the U.S. and other high-income countries. That polarization has been rising over the last decades. I investigate a novel … channel of income inequality and political campaign contributions on party polarization on the value dimension that is … exacerbate this polarization channel. The analysis suggests possible ways forward: 1) a stricter regulation of campaign finances …
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The nature of conflict
Arbath, Cemal Eren; Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded - 2015
the degree of fractionalization and polarization across ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups in the national …
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Chapter 5. Polarization
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Taptué, André-Marie - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 301-358). 2015
This chapter reviews the basic conceptual foundations for the measurement of polarization, the origins of those … foundations, how polarization is distinct from inequality and other ways of considering distances and differences across … individuals, and how polarization can be measured in an economic, a social, and a hybrid socioeconomic perspective. The chapter …
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An Economic Theory of Constitutional Choice
Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - In: CESifo DICE Report 05 (2007) 3, pp. 11-16
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