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Democratic constitutional design and public policy : analysis and evidence
Congleton, Roger D. (ed.); Swedenborg, Birgitta (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003182038
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Capitalism and democracy : challenges and responses in an increasingly independent world
Mueller, Dennis C. - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001717328
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Domestic institutions and the ratification of international agreements in a panel of democracies
Kiesow Cortez, Florian; Gutmann, Jerg - In: Constitutional political economy 28 (2017) 2, pp. 142-166
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804171
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The Political Economy of Autocratic Constitutions
Albertus, Michael; Menaldo, Victor A. - 2016
Why do autocrats adopt constitutions? Constitutions can help dictators consolidate power, increase investment, and boost economic development — all while generating a steady flow of rents for themselves and their cronies without empowering challengers so as to undermine their authority....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014170675
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The economic effects of constitutions : do budget institutions make forms of government more alike?
Ardanaz, Martin; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2013
According to an influential theoretical argument, presidential systems tend to present smaller governments because the separation between those who decide the size of the fiscal purse and those who allocate it creates incentives for lower public expenditures. In practice, forms of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244857
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Party system institutionalization and reliance on personal income tax in developing countries
Schiller, Armin von - 2015
This paper explores the effect of party system institutionalization on the relevance of the personal income tax in the tax composition. Based on a fiscal contractualism approach, it is argued that institutionalized political party systems increase the capacity of political actors to credibly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473151
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The Economic Effects of Constitutions : Do Budget Institutions Make Forms of Government More Alike?
Ardanaz, Martin - 2013
According to an influential theoretical argument, presidential systems tend to present smaller governments because the separation between those who decide the size of the fiscal purse and those who allocate it creates incentives for lower public expenditures. In practice, forms of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071724
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Party system institutionalization and reliance on personal income tax : exploring the relationship using new data
Schiller, Armin von - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2017
This paper explores the effect of party system institutionalization on the reliance of tax systems on the personal income tax. As a first step, the paper re-examines the relationship between party system institutionalization and taxation patterns employing the recently launched Government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011597079
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The economic analysis of populism a selective review of the literature
Ocampo, Emilio - 2019
analysis of populism draws concepts from other social sciences such political theory, sociology, history and social psychology. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009237
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The Myth of Bad Policy Choices : Why Democracies Choose Mediocre Policies
Bischoff, Ivo; Siemers, Lars H.R - 2010
perspective the claim that biased beliefs lead to bad policy outcomes in democracy, as has been argued, for instance, by Bryan … Caplan (2007: The myth of the rational voter). We show that there is a self-correction mechanism in democracy that may … mitigate the problem of biased beliefs. Democracy is characterized by suffering from mediocre mixtures of populist and good …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212900