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Yardstick competition, corruption, and electoral incentives
Long, Ngo Van (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between electoral incentives, institutions and corruption. We assume that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003730296
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Fiscal centralization and the political process
Albornoz, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio - 2010
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Fiscal centralization and the political process
Albornoz, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003948943
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Fiscal centralization and the political process
Albornoz, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647929
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Decentralizing Development : Allocating Public Goods Via Competition
Chavis, Larry W. - 2012
Decentralizing the allocation of public goods by giving funds directly to communities takes advantage of local information concerning needs, but decreases the accountability over how funds are used; leaving funds open to misuse or capture by local elites. In Indonesia, the World Bank attempts to...
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Separation of powers, political competition and efficient provision of public goods
Boukouras, Aristotelis; Koufopoulos, Kostas - 2011 - This Version: 03 September 2010, First Version: 28 September 2007
In this paper we provide a political game where agents decide whether to become legislators or politicians. Legislators determine the political institutions constraining politicians' behavior and politicians compete for gaining the power to make decisions about the level of the public good. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343846
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Exposing Corruption : Can Electoral Competition Discipline Politicians?
Afridi, Farzana - 2016
accountability and reduce corruption. In this paper we show that electoral discipline may be ineffective in reducing corruption when … competition on corruption. We show that in equilibrium, corruption has a U-shaped relationship with electoral competition. If the … election is safe for the incumbent (low competition) or if it is extremely fragile (high competition) then corruption is higher …
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Exposing corruption : can electoral competition discipline politicians?
Afridi, Farzana; Dhillon, Amrita; Solan, Eilon - 2016
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Impact of electoral competition, swing voters and interest groups on equilibrium policy platforms : exploring the strategic forces at work
Kohli, Deepti; Mehra, Meeta - In: Research in economics : an international review of economics 77 (2023) 1, pp. 60-75
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Incumbency effects in a comparative perspective : evidence from Brazilian mayoral elections
Magalhães, Leandro de - 2014
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