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Intergovernmental Grants as Signals and the Alignment Effect: Theory and Evidence

Bracco, Emanuele; Lockwood, Benjamin; Porcelli, Francesco; … - CESifo - 2015

stronger before elections, and the probability that the aligned local incumbent is re-elected is higher. These predictions are …

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Mass media and public education: The effects of access to community radio in Benin

Keefer, Philip; Khemani, Stuti - In: Journal of Development Economics 109 (2014) C, pp. 57-72

Prior research on mass media and government accountability has not examined the effects of citizen media access on …

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Politicians : be killed or survive

Frey, Bruno S. (contributor); Torgler, Benno (contributor) - 2008

: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order …

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Terrorism prevention and electoral accountability

Dragu, Tiberiu; Polborn, Mattias - 2009

. -- terrorism ; elections ; accountability …How does electoral accountability affect the effectiveness of terrorism prevention in a democracy? We analyze the … connection between electoral accountability and policy effectiveness in the context of terrorism prevention. We develop a formal …

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Why Kill Politicians? A Rational Choice Analysis of Political Assassinations

Frey, Bruno S. - 2007

In the course of history a large number of politicians has been assassinated. A rational choice analysis is used to distinguish the expected marginal benefits of killing, and the marginal cost of attacking a politician. The comparative analysis of various equilibria helps us to gain insights...

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Money and Terror : Is There an End to American Addiction to Oil?

Karoui, Hichem - 2007

Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world, said President George W. Bush in his February 1, 2006 State of the Union Address, delivered before a Joint Session of...

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