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Varieties of Authoritarianism Matter : Natural Resources and Economic Growth in Competitive and Hegemonic Authoritarian Regimes
Vasilyeva, Olga - 2018
A broad literature suggests that political regimes matter for the growth effect of natural resources. However, while several studies have concentrated on the difference between democracies and autocracies in this respect, an important topic overlooked so far is the differences between varieties...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012934956
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Religious Origins of Democracies and Dictatorships
Grigoriadis, Theocharis - 2013
In this paper, I argue that religion matters for the emergence of democracies and dictatorships. Religion is defined as demand for public goods. Different types of religious collectives reflect different tradeoffs between centralized resource distribution and market rewards. Religions are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014158043
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It's a man's world? : the rise of female entrepreneurship during privatization in Serbia
Ivanović, Vladan; Kufenko, Vadim - 2020
The relationship between female empowerment and economic development is one of the most complex examples of reverse causality, yet multiple scholars acknowledge that female empowerment promotes economic progress. One of the crucial aspects of female empowerment is female entrepreneurship;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012300559
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Regime type, inequality, and redistributive transfers in developing countries
Dodlova, Marina; Giolbas, Anna - 2015
The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution in a country is still ongoing. We … construct a model that predicts a higher probability of redistribution in democracies than in autocracies. Further, with higher … initial inequality, there should be more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. We test these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528158
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Regime type, inequality, and redistributive transfers in developing countries
Dodlova, Marina; Giolbas, Anna - 2017
The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution is ongoing. We construct a model … that predicts higher probability of redistribution in democracies than autocracies through social transfers. Higher … inequality leads to more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. Using the new data on Non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596960
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Your place in the world relative income and global inequality
Fehr, Dietmar; Mollerstrom, Johanna; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo - 2021
There is abundant evidence on individual preferences for policies that reduce national inequality, but only little evidence on preferences for policies addressing global inequality. To investigate the latter, we conduct a two-year, face-to-face survey experiment on a representative sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507321
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Distributional consequences of political representation : conference paper
Maaser, Nicola; Stratmann, Thomas - 2014
We investigate the geographical concentration of representatives and the distribution of fiscal transfers both theoretically and empirically. We develop a model which predicts that funds to an area are positively correlated with the number of representatives residing in that area. Our empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489270
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Lobbying and bribes : a survey-based analysis of the demand for influence and corruption
Bennedsen, Morten; Feldmann, Sven E.; Dreyer Lassen, David - 2011
We use survey responses by firms to examine the firm-level determinants and effects of political influence, their perception of corruption and prevalence of bribe paying. We find that: (a) measures of political influence and corruption/bribes are uncorrelated at the firm level; (b) firms that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153848
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Impact of international lobby groups on international environmental agreements
Safaynikoo, Peymaneh - 2020
cross-national lobbying on this market. Here, we examine how an international lobby group can affect national and … what extent are governments' rent-seeking incentives affected through international lobbying? (2) how do domestic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012854813
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Lobbying and Bribes - A Survey-Based Analysis of the Demand for Influence and Corruption
Bennedsen, Morten; Feldmann, Sven E.; Lassen, David Dreyer - 2021
We use survey responses by firms to examine the firm-level determinants and effects of political influence, their perception of corruption and prevalence of bribe paying. We find that: (a) measures of political influence and corruption/bribes are uncorrelated at the firm level; (b) firms that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315996