Search Results - subject:"Voting Patterns"

Fertilizer Subsidies and Voting Patterns: Political Economy Dimensions of Input Subsidy Programs

Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, T.S.; Walle, Nicolas van de - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

Agricultural input subsidies often have implicit or explicit political economy objectives. Using panel data from Zambia, this article empirically tests whether election outcomes affect targeting of subsidized fertilizer and whether fertilizer subsidies win votes. Results suggest that the Zambian...

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The behaviour of the MPC: Gradualism, inaction and individual voting patterns

Groth, Charlotta; Wheeler, Tracy - Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), Bank of England - 2008

We evaluate the degree of gradualism and inaction in UK monetary policy over the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) period (1997-2007) at the quarterly and the monthly frequency. After accounting for misspecification in standard Taylor rules, we find little evidence for gradualism. A measure of...

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The behaviour of the MPC: Gradualism, inaction and individual voting patterns

Groth, Charlotta; Wheeler, Tracy - 2008

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Insiders versus Outsiders in Monetary Policy-Making

Besley, Timothy; Meads, Neil; Surico, Paolo - Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), Bank of England - 2007

This paper looks at the voting patterns of internal and external members of the MPC to investigate how far there are …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518498

Voting Patterns, Party Spending and Space in England and Wales

Cutts, David; Webber, Don - Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, … - 2007

There is a growing body of literature which suggests that voting patterns are not independent from space yet few … empirical investigations exist which take explicit account of space. This article examines the determinants of voting patterns … factors are key determinants of party vote shares in constituencies, there is strong spatial autocorrelation in voting …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005232937

Insiders versus Outsiders in Monetary Policy-Making

Besley, Timothy; Meads, Neil; Surico, Paolo - 2007

This paper looks at the voting patterns of internal and external members of the MPC to investigate how far there are …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323554