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The Political Economy of the Prussian Three-Class Franchise
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik - 2019
Did the Prussian three-class franchise, which politically over-represented the economic elite, affect policy-making? Combining MP-level political orientation, derived from all roll call votes in the Prussian parliament (1867–1903), with constituency characteristics, we analyze how local vote...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141002
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Elections, protest and trust in government: A natural experiment from Russia
Frye, Timothy; Borisova, Ekaterina - 2016
How do flawed elections and post-election protest shape political attitudes? Taking advantage of the largely exogenous variation in the timing of a survey conducted in Moscow, we examine the short-term impact of the parliamentary election of December 4th, and the large protest of December 10th...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148783
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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSIVENESS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002
The determinants of government responsiveness to its citizens is a key issue in politicaleconomy. Here, we develop a model based on the solution of political agency problems.Having a more informed and politically active electorate strengthens incentives for governmentsto be responsive. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009305057
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Reforming pensions in Europe: economic fundamentals and political factors
Schneider, Ondřej - 2009
base years, the more successful a pension reform the country achieved (after controlling for other factors, such as … demography). Our analysis shows that the reform effort varies widely across countries and over time. Indeed, only three countries … paper, we analyze factors that may facilitate or hamper pension reform quality of fiscal institutions, public debt, trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003823895
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Elections related cycles in publicly supplied goods in Albania
Kächelein, Holger; Lami, Endrit; Imami, Drini - 2010
The phenomena of manipulation of the economy by the incumbent for electoral purpose are called Political Business Cycles (PBC), introduced by Nordhaus (1975). Using policy control economic instruments, as fiscal and monetary instruments, government may manipulate the economy to gain electoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003955876
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Reforming pensions in Europe : economic fundamentals and political factors
Schneider, Ondřej - 2009
base years, the more successful a pension reform the country achieved (after controlling for other factors, such as … demography). Our analysis shows that the reform effort varies widely across countries and over time. Indeed, only three countries … paper, we analyze factors that may facilitate or hamper pension reform quality of fiscal institutions, public debt, trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003813619
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Roving bandits in action : outside option and governmental predation in autocracies
Libman, Alexander; Kozlov, Vladimir; Schultz, André - 2012
The paper investigates the influence of outside options on the predatory behavior of autocrats. An outside option is referred to as the opportunity of an incumbent ruler to continue his career outside his current territory of control. The paper uses data on the effectiveness of tax collection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009559692
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A political theory of Russian orthodoxy : evidence from public goods experiments
Grigoriadis, Theocharis - 2013
In this paper, I test the effects of religious norms on the provision of public goods. My evidence is drawn from public goods experiments that I ran with regional bureaucrats in Tomsk and Novosibirsk, Russia. I introduce three treatments, which I define as degrees of Eastern Orthodox...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009783971
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The productivity consequences of political turnover : firm-level evidence from Ukraine's orange revolution
Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - 2014
We examine the impact of political turnover on economic performance in a setting of largely unanticipated political change and profoundly weak institutions: the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine. Exploiting census-type panel data on over 7,000 manufacturing enterprises, we find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010410297
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Roving Bandits in Action : Outside Option and Governmental Predation in Autocracies
Libman, Alexander - 2012
The paper investigates the influence of outside options on the predatory behavior of autocrats. An outside option is referred to as the opportunity of an incumbent ruler to continue his career outside his current territory of control. The paper uses data on the effectiveness of tax collection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106489