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directly measure religious organizations ́power to shape human decision making. We employ an objective measure of voters … recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a … crucial role in voting decisions. …
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This paper examines the effect of immigration on the level of income redistribution via majority voting on the income … natives. It is found that at best, natives are indifferent towards immigrant voting, and the outcome of a corresponding …
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ask if decision makers are blamed for being pivotal if they implement an unpopular outcome in a sequential voting process …. We conduct an experimental voting game in which decision makers vote about the allocation of money between themselves and … more for an unpopular voting outcome than non ]pivotal decision makers. Our data also suggest that some voters avoid being …
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Does poor air quality affect decision-making? We study this question based on elections, in which millions of people … significantly affects voting behavior. An increase in the concentration of PM10 by 10μg/m3 - around two within-county standard …
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This paper investigates the impact of emigration on the political choice regarding the size of the welfare state. Mobility has two countervailing effects: the political participation effect and the tax base effect. With emigration, the composition of the constituency changes. This increases the...
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This paper investigates the impact of emigration on the political choice regarding the size of the welfare state. Mobility has two countervailing effects: the political participation effect and the tax base effect. With emigration, the composition of the constituency changes. This increases the...
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We set up a general model on capital mobility which contains many of the models in the literature as special cases. The race to the bottom results not from a capital flight effect, but rather from a kind of Laffer curve effect in public good provision. Selectively introducing simplifying...
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According to the Globalization Paradox, globalization limits the freedom of choice for national governments. Capital mobility in particular induces tax competition, thus putting downward pressure on capital taxes. However, while capital mobility introduces the inefficiency of tax competition, it...
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This paper analyzes voting on a linear income tax which is redistributed lump sum to the taxpayers. Individuals can …
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