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We present a legislative bargaining model of the provision of a durable public good over an infinite horizion. In each period, there is a societal endowment which can either be invested in the public good or consumed. We characterize the optimal public policy, defined by the time path of...
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This paper investigates pork-barrel spending, the inefficient effect of legislature size on public spending, in at-large electoral systems. Using a rich panel data set on German municipalities whose councils are elected at-large, we employ a regression discontinuity design to estimate the causal...
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We present a novel account of China's recent move to decentralize legislation through amending the Law on Legislation … a consequence of, and reinforcing, legislation's political irrelevance. We argue that, to understand the political …
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Human brain has invented the Computer&upgraded it to a level of Combrains. With Artificial Chemical Memory, these may grow to function as independent Iintellects, Master/Sponsor representatives and self- decision workers with autonomy&supreme capability. Like any human society learn and function...
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In this paper it is argued that the slowness of the legislativesystem implies pre-commitment of legislation for at …
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look at Norway from our earliest legislation: Did we experience collective action problems involving social dilemmas like … problems could be resolved through legislation. …
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anti-discrimination legislation. The six-year Programme targets all stakeholders who can help shape the development of … appropriate and effective anti-discrimination legislation and policies, across the EU-25, EFTA and EU candidate countries. …
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