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Essays in political economy
Ruthardt, Fabian - 2023
In dieser Dissertation wird die Wechselwirkung zwischen der Wirtschaft und den Wahlen, Politikern und Politik untersucht. Um die Wähler über die Folgen ihrer Wahlentscheidung zu informieren, ist das Verständnis der Dreiecksbeziehung zwischen der Wirtschaft, den politischen Akteuren und den...
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The political economy of growth and distribution : a theoretical critique
Josten, Stefan Dietrich; Truger, Achim - 2003
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010486797
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Endogenous Public Policy and Long-Run Growth
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard J. - 2004
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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Endogenous Public Policy and Long-Run Growth : Some Simple Analytics
Koulovatianos, Christos; Mirman, Leonard J. - 2006
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
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The Political Resource Curse
Brollo, Fernanda - 2010
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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Taxation, innovation and entrepreneurship : conference paper
Gersbach, Hans; Schetter, Ulrich; Schneider, Maik T. - 2013 - This version: February 2013
We examine how basic research should be financed. While basic research is a public good benefiting innovating entrepreneurs it also affects the entire economy: occupational choices of potential entrepreneurs, wages of workers, dividends to shareholders, and aggregate output. We show that the...
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Inequality, Environmental Protection and Growth
Marsiliani, Laura; Renstrom, Thomas I. - 2003
Why do Scandinavian countries perform better in terms of environmental protection than other European Union countries? In this paper, we explore the hypothesis that societies characterised by low-income inequality (such as the Nordic European countries) generate political-economic equilibria...
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Inequality, environmental protection and growth
Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, T. I. - 2000
Why do Scandinavian countries perform better in terms of environmental protection than other European Union countries? In this paper, we explore the hypothesis that societies characterised by low-income inequality (such as the Nordic European countries) generate political-economic equilibria...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608600
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Creating capitalism : politics, reforms, and economic performance ; an econometric analysis of six countries from 1989-1999
Wykoff, Frank C. - 2001
Building on a model that integrates reforms into exogenous and endogenous growth models, this paper designs an econometric model of the interplay between economic reform measures, political decisions and economic performance. Several key hypotheses about transition are tested using two-stage...
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Marktdynamik und Umweltpolitik : ein Beitrag zur gleichgewichts- und ordnungstheoretischen Fundierung umweltorientierter Volkswirtschaftslehre
Farmer, Karl; Stadler, Ingeborg - 2005
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