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Redistributive Taxation with Endogenous Sentiments

Cervellati, Matteo; Esteban, Joan Mª; Kranich, Laurence - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2005

To help explain differences between the US and EU "social contracts" as well as other cultural differences, we present a model of rational voting over redistribution where individual attitudes toward others are endogenously determined. Individuals differ in their productivities and their degree...

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Social Capital, Government Expenditures, and Growth

Ponzetto, Giacomo; Troiano, Ugo - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2014

We present a tractable stochastic endogenous growth model that explains how social capital influences economic development. In our model, social capital increases citizens' awareness of government activity. Hence, it alleviates the electoral incentives to under- invest in education, whose...

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Media Exposure and Internal Migration – Evidence from Indonesia

Farré, Lidia; Fasani, Francesco - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of television on internal migration in Indonesia. We exploit the differential … introduction of private television throughout the country and the variation in signal reception due to topography to estimate the …

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Parents, Television and Cultural Change

Hauk, Esther; Immordino, Giovanni - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2011

This paper develops a model of cultural transmission where television plays a central role for socialization. Parents … socialize the children to the wrong trait. The free to air television industry maximizes advertisement revenue. We show that TV … cultural distance between the two traits. A monopolistic television industry captures all TV watching by both groups if the …

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The Social Contract with Endogenous Sentiments

Cervellati, Matteo; Esteban, Joan; Kranich, Laurence - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2007

Moral values influence individual behavior and social interactions. A specially significant instance is the case of moral values concerning work effort. Individuals determine what they take to be proper behaviour and judge the others, and themselves, accordingly. They increase their esteem -and...

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Work Values, Endogenous Sentiments and Redistribution

Cervellati, Matteo; Esteban, Joan; Kranich, Laurence - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2010

We examine the interactions between individual behavior, sentiments and the social contract in a model of rational voting over redistribution. Agents have moral work values. Individuals self-esteem and social consideration of others are endogenously determined comparing behaviors to moral...

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Turnout, Political Preferences and Information: Experimental Evidence from Peru

León, Gianmarco - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2014

I combine a field experiment with a change in voting laws reducing the fine for abstention to assess the effects of monetary incentives to encourage voter participation. Using individual-level experimental variation in the perceived reduction of the fine for abstention and an objective measure...

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In Google We Trust?

Burguet, Roberto; Caminal, Ramon; Ellman, Matthew - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2014

We develop a model of the interacting markets for online content and offline products. We portray content providers and the search engine as competing platforms that intermediate in the product market (a horizontal relation), while also vertically related in the content market. Explicitly...

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Bundling Electronic Journals and Competition among Publishers

Jeon, Doh-Shin; Menicucci, Domenico - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2005

Site licensing of electronic journals has been revolutionizing the way academic information is distributed. However, many librarians are concerned about the possibility that commercial publishers might abuse site licensing by practicing bundling. In this paper, we analyze how bundling afects...

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Time Scarcity and the Market for News

Alaoui, Larbi; Germano, Fabrizio - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2014

We develop a theory of news coverage in environments of information abundance. News consumers are time-constrained and browse through news items that are available across competing outlets, choosing which ones to read or skip. Media firms are aware of consumers' preferences and constraints, and...

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