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Trade Integration and Political Turbulence Environmental Policy Consequences
Fredriksson, Per G.; Mani, Muthukumara - 2021
. In particular, we discuss the joint impact of trade openness and political uncertainty. Our theory predicts that the …. Political uncertainty has a positive effect on environmental policy as it reduces lobbying efforts. Applying our model to a … unique data set of primarily developing countries, the empirical findings support the theory and are robust under alterntive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317834
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Endogenous Pollution Havens : Does FDI Influence Environmental Regulations?
Cole, Matthew A.; Elliott, Robert J.R; Fredriksson, Per G. - 2014
We suggest a novel perspective on the relationship between the stringency of environmental policies and foreign direct investment (FDI). We develop a political economy model with imperfect product market competition where local and foreign firms jointly lobby the local government for a favorable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014027735
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Lending Cycles and Real Outcomes : Costs of Political Misalignment
Bircan, Cagatay - 2019
We use data on credit in Turkey to document a strong political lending cycle. State-owned banks systematically adjust their lending around local elections compared with private banks in the same province. There is considerable tactical redistribution: state-owned banks increase credit in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894176
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Lending Cycles and Real Outcomes : Costs of Political Misalignment
Bircan, Cagatay - 2019
We use data on the universe of credit in Turkey to document a strong political lending cycle. State-owned banks systematically adjust their lending around local elections compared with private banks in the same province. There is considerable tactical redistribution: state-owned banks increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894213
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Lending Cycles and Real Outcomes : Costs of Political Misalignment
Bircan, Cagatay - 2019
We document a strong political cycle in bank credit and industry outcomes in Turkey. In line with theories of tactical redistribution, state-owned banks systematically adjust their lending around local elections compared with private banks in the same province based on electoral competition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012896140
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No Surprises, Please : Voting Costs and Electoral Turnout
Alipour, JV; Lindlacher, Valentin - 2022
We study how seemingly benign changes to voting costs affect electoral turnout, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in the assignment of polling places in Munich (Germany). Using an event study design, we find that polling place relocations cause a persistent shift from in-person to mail-in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083321
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Agency Problems and Political Institutions
Mitnick, Barry M. - 2013
develop both theory and prescription in agency settings. Particular problems are displayed almost like games (e.g., the "Major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074677
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Lending Cycles and Real Outcomes : Costs of Political Misalignment
Bircan, Cagatay; Saka, Orkun - 2021
We document a strong political cycle in bank credit and industry outcomes in Turkey. In line with theories of tactical redistribution, state-owned banks systematically adjust their lending around local elections compared with private banks in the same province based on electoral competition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246909
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No surprises, please : voting costs and electoral turnout
Alipour, Jean-Victor; Lindlacher, Valentin - 2022
We study how shocks to voting costs affect electoral turnout. Individuals whose polling place is relocated face changes to their cost of voting in person due to altered distance and unfamiliarity with the new polling place. Using address-level and precinct-level data, we find that polling place...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013202409
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Political repression and child labor : theory and empirical evidence
Maffei, Sandro; Raabe, Nikolai; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2004
Most normative studies on child labor arrive at the conclusion that child labor is detrimental to social welfare. Child labor is, however, still prevalent in many developing countries even though in many of these countries it is forbidden by law. In this paper we develop a politicaleconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451064