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Vote-buying and growth
Gersbach, Hans; Mühe, Felix - In: Macroeconomic dynamics 15 (2011) 5, pp. 656-680
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Balanced voting
Gersbach, Hans; Wickramage, Kamali - 2015
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Vote-buying and growth
Gersbach, Hans; Mühe, Felix - 2008
Vote-buying is widely used by parties in developing countries to influence the outcome of elections. We examine the impact of vote-buying on growth. We consider a model with a poverty trap where redistribution can promote growth. We show that vote-buying contributes to the persistence of poverty...
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Public Expenditure Distribution, Voting, and Growth
Burlon, Lorenzo - 2011
In this paper we try to explain why the misallocation of resources across different productive sectors tends to persist over time. We document that there is a link between the distribution of the public expenditure across sectors and the sectoral composition of an economy. We propose a general...
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Instability, political regimes and economic growth : a theoretical framework
Tohmé, Fernando; Caraballo Pou, María Ángeles; … - In: Metroeconomica : international review of economics 73 (2022) 1, pp. 291-317
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Public Expenditure Distribution, Voting, and Growth
Burlon, Lorenzo - 2014
In this paper we study why the misallocation of resources across different productive sectors tends to persist over time. To this end we propose a general equilibrium model that delivers two structural relations. On the one hand, the public expenditure distribution influences the future sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051109
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The Effects of Regional Sizing on Growth
Lago-Pentilde;as, Santiago - 2008
In this paper, a micro-founded model dealing with the effects of regional sizing on economic growth is developed. Departing from bigger sizes, reduction involves more efficient public choices because of proximity to individual preferences and needs, but also creates the risk of underestimation...
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Political Party Negotiations Income Distribution and Endogenous Growth
Chang, Roberto - 2015
This paper examines the determination of the rate of growth in an economy in which two political parties, each representing a different social class, negotiate the magnitude and allocation of taxes. Taxes may increase growth if they finance public services but reduce growth when used to...
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Rent Seeking,Growth and Pre-Election Policies
Angelopoulos, Konstantinos; Economides, George - 2006
We construct an otherwise standard general equilibrium model of economic growth and optimally chosen fiscal policy, in which individuals compete with each other for extra fiscal transfers and two political parties compete with each other for staying in power. The main prediction is that...
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How and Why Economies Develop and Grow : Lessons from Preindustrial Europe and China
Kohn, Meir - 2010
events. Rather, I derive from the historical evidence a theory of economic progress in general.The particular ‘sample' from … which I derive my theory is the economic history of preindustrial Europe. To test the theory ‘out of sample', I apply it to … Europe.The theory begins by broadening the definition of economic activity. Usually economic activity is identified with …
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