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Inflation, Central Bank Independence and the Legal System

Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2005

We argue that a higher degree of de facto independence of the legal system from the other government branches as well as public trust in the legal system may reduce the average inflation record of countries through a direct and an indirect channel. The direct channel works by affecting potential...

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Dynastic Politicians : Theory and Evidence from Japan

Asako, Yasushi; Iida, Takeshi; Matsubayashi, Tetsuya; … - 2014

Dynastic politicians, who are defined as those whose family members have also served for the same position in the past, occupy a sizable portion of political offices in many parts of the world. We develop a model of how dynastic politicians with inherited political advantages affect electoral...

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Voters' Commitment Problem and Reforms in Welfare Programs

Hollanders, David; Vis, Barbara - 2010

Under which conditions do vote-seeking governments pursue reforms in welfare programs that are unpopular among the median voter and that, consequently, likely lead to a loss of votes? This paper proposes reforms may result from a commitment problem of voters between elections. Due to economic...

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Political drivers of and barriers to Public-Private Partnerships: The role of political involvement

Gawel, Erik - 2011

the actors who participate in the political decision-making process as well as the rules of the political process have a … their performance? Using public choice and institutional economics theory this paper analyses what chances of success PPPs … have given the existing decision-making structures and the inherent incentives for participating actors, and in what way …

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Political drivers of and barriers to Public-Private Partnerships: The role of political involvement

Gawel, Erik - Wirtschaftswissenschafltiche Fakultät, Universität Leipzig - 2011

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Patent Reform in the United States : Lessons Learned

Burk, Dan L. - 2013

In previous work with Mark Lemley I have discussed the critical role played by the courts in fitting patent law to the ongoing needs of innovation. Careful scrutiny of the recently enacted America Invents Act (AIA), which legislatively reforms American patent law, underscores the need for robust...

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The political economy of negotiating international carbon markets

Arvaniti, Maria; Habla, Wolfgang - 2020

International carbon markets are frequently propagated as an efficient instrument for reducing CO2 emissions. We argue that such markets, despite their desirable efficiency properties, might not be in the best interest of governments who are guided by strategic considerations in negotiations. We...

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The political economy of negotiating international carbon markets

Arvaniti, Maria; Habla, Wolfgang - 2020 - This version: April 2020

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Fiscal Federalism and Electoral Accountability

Aidt, T.; Dutta, J. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2010

. We identify an important asymmetry between positive and negative externalities and show that centralization may not be e …¢ cient in economies with positive externalities even when regions are identical and centralization does not entail a loss of … accountability. We also show that decentralization can only Pareto dominate centralization in economies with negative externalities. …

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Fiscal federalism and electoral accountability

Aidt, Toke S.; Dutta, Jayasri - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2010

. We identify an important asymmetry between positive and negative externalities and show that centralization may not be … efficient in economies with positive externalities even when regions are identical and centralization does not entail a loss of … accountability. We also show that decentralization can only Pareto dominate centralization in economies with negative externalities. …

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