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politicians. Two political frictions (ideological adherence and a super- majority requirement) impair political competition and … lead to equilibria, where politicians receive corruption bribes. Furthermore, the model implies a non …
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. There is also evidence in the literature to suggest that the STOCK Act was able to deter politicians from trading based on … non-public information. However, the question of whether politicians made informed trades at the market level (using non … and find that the STOCK Act adversely affected the ability of politicians’ aggregated stock trades to predict the stock …
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We use the US presidential election on 3 November 2020 to examine how the US president influences economic expectations …-run and (ii) experts’ uncertainty increased after the election. Our results suggest that exceptional politicians influence …
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The serious implications of privatizing state-owned enterprises for politicians, managers, and investors make such … effects. A unique opportunity for this identification arises from a rule of promotion of local politicians based on age …
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We analyze data from a survey among local council members in 59 German municipali-ties. We ask council members whether their home municipality should cooperate with neigh-boring municipalities in the provision of public services like childcare or road maintenance. Their answers are clearly...
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This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to compare the differential political career progression of...
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This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to compare the differential political career progression of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100340
We study how to efficiently motivate policy-makers to solve political multitask problems. Political multi-task problems typically have outcomes that are difficult to measure. Moreover, there are conflicts among citizens about optimal policies and the agents have the power to tax the citizens to...
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