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All federal systems face the two fundamental dilemmas of federalism: too strong a center risks overawing the … modern Russia where we suggest that when the center is too strong, its ability to extract rents increases and the benefits … for maintaining participation in the federal bargain disappears. We also suggest strong parallels between Russia and those …
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Higher economic growth was generated during Democratic presidencies compared to Republican presidencies in the United States. The question is why. Blinder and Watson (2016) explain that the Democratic-Republican presidential growth gap (D-R growth gap) can hardly be attributed to the policies...
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In federal countries, competence for policy matters is often shared between various levels of government. As only overall outcomes are observed, this might blur accountability by decreasing voters' ability to infer information about the performance of their leaders. In this article, we analyse...
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