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Determinants of revolt : evidence from survey and laboratory data

Abbink, Klaus (contributor); Pezzini, Silvia (contributor) - 2005

This paper examines determinants of revolutionary behaviour. We study the role of freedom of communication, repression of opposition and the government’s selfishness. Combining econometric analysis of survey data with a laboratory experiment, we analyse how these factors affect preferences for...

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Culture and tax structures

König, Tobias; Wagener, Andreas - 2012

We argue that societies with a stronger tendency towards postmaterialist life goals tilt the tax structure towards personal income taxes and away from corporate taxation. We provide empirical evidence for this correlation in OECD countries. To address endogeneity issues we then use an...

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Culture and tax structures

König, Tobias; Wagener, Andreas - 2012

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The impact of institutions, culture, and religion on per capita income

Dobler, Constanze - 2009

institutions, geography, and integration on per capita income. Concerning theoretical reasoning, emphasis is on the emergence of … institutions and their effect on economic growth. However, institutions can appear in different shapes since political, legal, and …, a differentiation between formal and informal institutions is made. Informal institutions are defined as beliefs …

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The cycle of violence? An empirical analysis of fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Jaeger, David A.; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2005

This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or Al-Aqsa) Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with...

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The cycle of violence? : An empirical analysis of fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Jaeger, David A. (contributor); … - 2005

This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or "Al-Aqsa") Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003189630

The Cycle of Violence? An Empirical Analysis of Fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Jaeger, David A.; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2021

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318186

Size and School District Consolidation : Do Opposites Attract?

Brasington, David M. - 2003

Municipalities sometimes retain separate police departments and park services while cooperating in public schooling services with neighboring municipalities. The theoretical model of Ellingsen (1998) predicts that: 1) under Tiebout sorting, larger size differences make big municipalities more...

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What makes a revolution?

MacCulloch, Robert - 1999

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Inequality, Redistribution, and Population

Campante, Filipe R.; Do, Quoc-Anh - 2008

assumption that the threat of revolution is directly related to the number of people that may attempt to revolt, the theory …

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