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This paper formulates a general theory of how political unrest influences public policy. Political unrest is motivated … by emotions. Individuals engage in protests if they are aggrieved and feel that they have been treated unfairly. This …
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This paper formulates a theory of how political unrest influences public policy. Political unrest is motivated by … emotions. Individuals engage in protests if they are aggrieved and feel that they have been treated unfairly. This reaction is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083543
generations and across generations. This article addresses concepts of fairness and their application to resolutions of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250366
This paper presents a model of electoral accountability to compare the public finance outcomes under a presidential-congressional and a parliamentary system. In a presidential-congressional system, contrary to a parliamentary system, there are no endogenous incentives for legislative cohesion,...
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The approaches and opinions of economists often dominate public policy discussion. Economists have gained this privileged position partly (or perhaps mainly) because of the obvious relevance of their subject matter, but also because of the unified methodology (neo-classical economics) that the...
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fairness and redistributional choices. A fortune reversal is generally perceived to be fair behind a thick VOI, but deemed … exists between the perception of fairness and the certainty levels about social position. A 50-50 split is preferred with …
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contributing to the public good. The model combines a follower's concern for fairness and informational signaling about …
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We provide an early assessment of the Juncker Commission's contributions to the ongoing reform of the euro area. In doing so, we present a chronological summary of the reform process up to 2014. At the time, the euro area architecture had undergone many changes. These were mainly focused on risk...
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contributing to the public good. The model combines a follower’s concern for fairness and informational signaling about …
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unpleasant policy choices. -- emotions ; political economics ; unrest ; riots ; fairness ; public debt ; procrastination …This paper formulates a general theory of how political unrest influences public policy. Political unrest is motivated … by emotions. Individuals engage in protests if they are aggrieved and feel that they have been treated unfairly. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722397