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Federalism and accountability with distorted election choices
Kessing, Sebastian G. - 2009
Random factors such as bad weather or exogenous economic shocks affect the re-election of politicians and can reduce accountability. Such distorted election choices interact with the architecture of government. Contrasting centralized with decentralized political systems, this study shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274383
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Federalism and Accountability with Distorted Election Choices
Kessing, Sebastian - CESifo - 2009
Random factors such as bad weather or exogenous economic shocks affect the re-election of politicians and can reduce accountability. Such distorted election choices interact with the architecture of government. Contrasting centralized with decentralized political systems, this study shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583637
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Distributional Conflict and Jurisdictional Organization
Wärneryd, Karl - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1997
process as a costly fight to acquire shares of the GNP pie. It is shown, in particular, that a system of federalism is … appropriative activities under a hierarchical system of federalism than in a unified jurisdiction with a single central government …. Furthermore, if mobility is costless, then a form of federalism may be preferred by all agents even if it destroys resources. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649517
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Political yardstick competition, economic integration, and constitutional choice in a federation
Bodenstein, Martin; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2001
This paper investigates the behavior of rent-seeking politicians in an environment of increasing economic integration. The focus of the paper is on the implications of globalization-induced political yardstick competition for constitutional design with a view to the current discussion in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398918
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Federalism and accountability with distorted election choices
Kessing, Sebastian - 2009
. -- accountability ; federalism ; decentralization ; retrospective voting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003867965
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Federalism and accountability with distorted election choices
Kessing, Sebastian - 2009
performance across regions. -- accountability ; federalism ; decentralization ; retrospective voting ; Condorcet Jury Theorem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887189
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Coordination in Heterogeneous Federal Systems
Loeper, Antoine - 2013
We compare centralized and decentralized policy making in a federation in which policy heterogeneity is inherently costly and preferences vary across jurisdictions: all jurisdictions agree that some harmonization is desirable but no one agree on the direction of harmonization. This type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014151288
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Federalism and Accountability with Distorted Election Choices
Kessing, Sebastian G. - 2009
Random factors such as bad weather or exogenous economic shocks affect the re-election of politicians and can reduce accountability. Such distorted election choices interact with the architecture of government. Contrasting centralized with decentralized political systems, this study shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013156040
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Political Yardstick Competition, Economic Integration, and Constitutional Choice in a Federation
Bodenstein, Martin; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2021
This paper investigates the behavior of rent-seeking politicians in an environment of increasing economic integration. The focus of the paper is on the implications of globalization-induced political yardstick competition for constitutional design with a view to the current discussion in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320889
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On the political economy of tax limits
Calabrese, Stephen; Epple, Dennis - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2010
We study the political economy of state limitations on the taxing powers of local governments, investigating the effects of such restriction on housing markets, community composition, and types of taxes and expenditures undertaken by local governments. We characterize equilibrium when voters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565926