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The political competition-economic performance puzzle: evidence from the OECD countries and the Italian regions
Padovano, Fabio; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2008
Empirical tests of the theories on the relationship between political competition and economic performance generate a puzzle: data tend to support the theory at the lower levels of government, but not in panels of countries. We argue that the larger set of policy instruments reduces the tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264448
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The Political Competition-Economic Performance Puzzle: Evidence from the OECD Countries and the Italian Regions
Padovano, Fabio; Ricciuti, Roberto - CESifo - 2008
Empirical tests of the theories on the relationship between political competition and economic performance generate a puzzle: data tend to support the theory at the lower levels of government, but not in panels of countries. We argue that the larger set of policy instruments reduces the tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765637
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Political competition and economic performance : evidence from Indonesia
Rezki, Jahen Fachrul - In: Economics of governance 23 (2022) 2, pp. 83-114
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Forerunners vs. latecomers : institutional competition in the German federalism during the COVID crisis
Breide, Lukas; Budzinski, Oliver; Grebel, Thomas; … - 2023
The COVID pandemic caused the political competition between the prime ministers of the German states to reach its peak. Whoever is the best at announcing, launching, or implementing policies to combat the pandemic can hope to capitalize most politically. In this paper, we attempt to document...
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Redistributive politics in Russia: The political economy of agricultural subsidies
Kvartiuk, Vasyl; Herzfeld, Thomas - In: Comparative Economic Studies 63 (2021) 1, pp. 1-30
country whose autocratic regime represents a fertile ground for strategic redistribution. Relying on political economy …
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The political economy of clientelism
Robinson, James A.; Verdier, Thierry - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 115 (2013) 2, pp. 260-291
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Efficiency, welfare, and political competition
Bierbrauer, Felix; Boyer, Pierre C. - 2014
We study political competition in an environment in which voters have private information about their preferences. Our framework covers models of income taxation, public-goods provision or publicly provided private goods. Politicians are vote-share-maximizers. They can propose any policy that is...
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Are we witnessing a paradigm shift in the analysis of political competition?
Padovano, Fabio - In: Public choice 156 (2013) 3/4, pp. 631-651
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Are we witnessing a paradigm shift in the analysis of political competition?
Padovano, Fabio - In: Public Choice 156 (2013) 3, pp. 631-651
literature and on the author’s works on content analysis of policy speeches, income redistribution, politicians’ quality, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010864813
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Partisan Competition, Growth and the Franchise
Llavador, Humberto; Oxoby, Robert J. - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2004
The nineteenth century was a time of substantial changes in the patterns of economic growth. This was also a period of … patterns of economic growth and political voice are not coincidental. In this paper we develop a general equilibrium model of … implemented policies. In turn, these policies influence the character of economic growth. We find in the social structure of …
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