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Reciprocity Networks and the Participation Problem

Dufwenberg, Martin; Patel, Amrish - CESifo - 2014

Reciprocity can be a powerful motivation for human behaviour. Scholars argue that it is relevant in the context of private provision of public goods. We examine whether reciprocity can resolve the associated coordination problem. The interaction of reciprocity with cost-sharing is critical....

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The Making of Cultural Policy: A European Perspective

Ploeg, Frederick Van der - CESifo - 2005

No good comparable data on sizes of cultural sectors of the countries of Europe exist. Still, local and national governments of Europe spend substantial resources on culture and cultural sectors contribute significantly to employment and national income. After briefly describing special features...

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The Gender Imbalance in Participation in Canadian Universities (1977-2005)

Christofides, Louis; Hoy, Michael; Yang, Ling - CESifo - 2009

university participation has been increasing. We use the Linear Probability and Logit models to investigate the determinants of … explaining the rising level of the university participation rate for women and men. The important variables include a time trend … university degree, tuition fees and real income. The increasing gap between the female and male participation rates (15 …

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Does Liberté = Egalité? A Survey of the Empirical Evidence on the Links between Political Democracy and Income Inequality

Gradstein, Mark; Milanovic, Branko - CESifo - 2000

between other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience …

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Democracy and Income In-Equality: An Empirical Analysis

Gradstein, Mark; Milanovic, Branko; Ying, Yvonne - CESifo - 2001

While standard political economy theories suggest a moderating effect of democratization on income inequality, empirical literature has failed to uncover any such robust relationship. Here we take yet another look at this issue arguing first, that prevailing ideology may be an important...

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Political Polarization and the Electoral Effects of Media Bias

Bernhardt, Dan; Krasa, Stefan; Polborn, Mattias - CESifo - 2006

Many political commentators diagnose an increasing polarization of the U.S. electorate into two opposing camps. However, in standard spatial voting models, changes in the political preference distribution are irrelevant as long as the position of the median voter does not change. We show that...

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Politicians: Be Killed or Survive

Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - CESifo - 2008

: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order …

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The Role of Direct Democracy in the European Union

Feld, Lars P.; Kirchgässner, Gebhard - CESifo - 2003

discussion of the pros and cons of direct democracy, the ability of direct democracy to help creating a European demos is …

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Democratic Redistribution and Rule of the Majority

Corneo, Giacomo; Neher, Frank - CESifo - 2014

quality of democracy. However, there is a non-negligible share of democracies that implement a minority-backed amount of …

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The UN Goldstone Report and Retraction: An Empirical Investigation

Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas - CESifo - 2015

democracy score was some 55 percentage points less likely to vote in favor of the second of the two UN Goldstone resolutions and …

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