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Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

We develop a model in which special interest groups make political contributions in order to influence an incumbent government's choice of trade policy. In the political equilibrium, the interest groups bid for protection, and each group's offer is optimal given the offers of the others. The...

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Decentralization and Electoral Accountability: Incentives, Separation and Voter Welfare

Hindricks, Jean; Lockwood, Ben - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

public good spillovers or economies of scale, so that absent elections, voters are indifferent about the fiscal regime. The …

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Competing Approaches to Forecasting Elections: Economic Models, Opinion Polling and Prediction Markets

Leigh, Andrew; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We review the efficacy of three approaches to forecasting elections: econometric models that project outcomes on the …

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Tax Contracts and Elections

Gersbach, Hans; Schneider, Maik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

In this paper we examine the impact of tax contracts, a novel instrument, on elections, policies, and welfare. We …

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Guns and Votes

Bouton, Laurent; Conconi, Paola; Pino, Francisco; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Why are U.S. congressmen reluctant to support gun control regulations, despite the fact that most Americans are in favor of them? We argue that re-election motives can lead politicians to take a pro-gun stance against the interests of an apathetic majority of the electorate, but in line with the...

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Looking Beyond the Incumbent: The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes

Chong, Alberto; De La O, Ana; Karlan, Dean S.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …

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Incumbency Advantage in Non-Democracies

Egorov, Georgy; Sonin, Konstantin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

In elections that take place in a less-than-perfect democracy, incumbency advantages are different from those in mature … model of elections and mass protests, where the purpose of competitive elections is to reveal information about the relative … elections, mediocre ones prevent credible opponents from running or cancel elections, and the least competent ones use outright …

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Centralization and Accountability: Theory and Evidence from the Clean Air Act

Boffa, Federico; Piolatto, Amedeo; Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper studies fiscal federalism when regions differ in voters’ ability to monitor public officials. We develop a model of political agency in which rent-seeking politicians provide public goods to win support from heterogeneously informed voters. In equilibrium, voter information...

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Social Capital, Government Expenditures, and Growth

Ponzetto, Giacomo AM; Troiano, Ugo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 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 returns...

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Elections, Contracts and Markets

Gersbach, Hans; Müller, Markus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

contracts, and democratic elections. An information market is used to predict the long-term performance of a policy, while …

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