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There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the last two decades, but there is no evidence of how this influences economic performance. We investigate this using data on competitive elections to India's state assemblies, leveraging close elections to...
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puzzle: data tend to support the theory at the lower levels of government, but not in panels of countries. We argue that the …
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We show that federalism will lead to higher economic growth. We present a model of endogenous growth where government services, funded by income and capital taxes, are a component of production. In this model a decentralized government will choose tax policy to maximize economic growth, while a...
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This paper reconsiders the political economy approach to growth and distribution according to which (1) rising inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed by higher distortionary taxation; and (3) higher distortionary taxes reduce economic...
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politicians, both with theory and data. The theory is based on a version of the career concerns model of political agency with … implications of the theory and identify the causal effect of larger federal transfers on political corruption and the observed … features of political candidates at the municipal level. In accordance with the predictions of the theory, we find that larger …
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We study the determinants of voting outcomes on the provision of public consumption through marginal income taxes in the context of the simple linear growth model. We focus on how the dynamic politicoeconomic equilibrium maps the economic fundamentals to policies and long-run growth. We find...
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Demokratien bestimmen die Bürger*innen nicht direkt die Politik. Sie wählen Politiker, die als unvollkommene Repräsentanten des … BIP-Wachstum, die Handelsbilanz und die Staatsfinanzen. In Kapitel 2 wird dargestellt, wie Politiker ihre Steuerpolitik. …
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We study the determinants of voting outcomes on the provision of public consumption through marginal income taxes in the context of the simple linear growth model. We provide analytical results on how the dynamic politicoeconomic equilibrium maps the economic fundamentals to policies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066719
Groups not only as a long run phenomenon but also in a short-run perspective, integrating it into the theory of political …-groups theory and the endeavors of governments to win the majority of votes in elections could look like, before we perform a time …
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Groups not only as a long run phenomenon but also in a short-run perspective, integrating it into the theory of political …-groups theory and the endeavors of governments to win the majority of votes in elections could look like, before we perform a time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873493