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Workers of the world, unite! : franchise extensions and the threat of revolution in Europe, 1820-1938
Aidt, Toke; Jensen, Peter Sandholt - 2011
This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat of revolution, as suggested by Acemoglu and Robinson [Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, 1167-1199, 2000]. We approximate the threat of revolution in a given country by revolutionary events...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011780
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Workers of the World, Unite! Franchise Extensions and the Threat of Revolution in Europe, 1820-1938
Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard; Jensen, Peter S. - 2021
This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat of revolution, as suggested by Acemoglu and Robinson [Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, 1167-1199, 2000]. We approximate the threat of revolution in a given country by revolutionary events...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316021
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Workers of the world, unite! Franchise extensions and the threat of revolution in Europe, 1820-1938
Aidt, Toke S.; Jensen, Peter S. - 2011
This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat of revolution, as suggested by Acemoglu and Robinson [Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, 1167-1199, 2000]. We approximate the threat of revolution in a given country by revolutionary events...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274968
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The democratic window of opportunity : evidence from riots in sub-Saharan Africa
Aidt, Toke; Leon, Gabriel - 2014
We show that drought-induced changes in the intensity of riots lead to moves towards democracy in sub-Saharan Africa, and that these changes are often a result of concessions made as a result of the riots. This provides evidence that low-intensity conflict can have a substantial short-run impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375173
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The Democratic Window of Opportunity : Evidence from Riots in Sub-Saharan Africa
Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard - 2014
We show that drought-induced changes in the intensity of riots lead to moves towards democracy in sub-Saharan Africa, and that these changes are often a result of concessions made as a result of the riots. This provides evidence that low-intensity conflict can have a substantial short-run impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050460
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Does the Size of the Legislature Affect the Size of Government? Evidence from Two Natural Experiments
Pettersson-Lidbom, Per - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2004
Previous empirical studies have found a positive relationship between the size of legislature and the size of government. Those studies, however, do not adequately address the concerns of endogeneity. In contrast, this paper uses variation in legislature size induced by statutory council size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005545943
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James M. Buchanan and the Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice : Extending the Italian Tradition of Public Finance
Wagner, Richard E. - 2017
The Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice began publication in 1983 under the title Economia delle scelte pubbliche, changing to its present title in 1998. Under either name, the Journal reflected the founding editor's (Domenico da Empoli) desire to amplify and extend the Italian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948300
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The autumn of dictatorship : fiscal crisis and political change in Egypt under Mubarak
Sulaimān, Samīr - 2011
Soliman (political economy and political science, American University in Cairo, Egypt) conducts a political-economic analysis of the regime of the recently ousted Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for 30 years until the Egyptian popular uprising of 2011. His central argument, influenced by both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009125788
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Democracy and taxation
Balamatsias, Pavlos - 2018
: Democratization in the late twentieth century, 1991) and the methodology of Acemoglu et al. (Democracy does cause growth, 2014) about … democratization waves. According to this theory, democratizations occur in regional waves; consequently, diffusion of demand for or … a country’s political system and its tax choices. Using a 2SLS fixed effects model the author finds that democratization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011843034
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Democracy and taxation
Balamatsias, Pavlos - 2017
theory of Huntington (The third wave: Democratization in the late twentieth century (Vol. 4), 1991) and the methodology of … Acemoglu et al. (Democracy does cause growth, 2014) about regional democratization waves. According to this theory … hypothesis. The empirical findings suggest that regional waves of democratization have a positive and statistically significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011751893