of aid and remittance inflows in the mitigation of the effects of food price shocks in the recipient economies. Using a … the instability of household consumption in highly vulnerable countries. Second, remittance and aid inflows significantly … in order to fully absorb the effects of food price shocks compared to the corresponding aid-to-GDP ratio. …

combine trade, aid and investment, which may create 'lock-in' effects. China's trade and investment focus on the commodities … manufacturing sector. In addition, Chinese investment and aid have positive effects, such as the improvement of infrastructure, the …

A l'occasion du premier tour des élections présidentielles du 22 avril 2012, les électeurs de trois communes françaises …

We investigate whether foreign aid affects the probability of incumbent's re-election and then the Schumpeterian … elections through the Tullock's approach based on the Contest Success Function. We obtain an ambiguous theoretical effect of … foreign aid on the incumbent probability to be reelected: Foreign aid increases the prize of the electoral contest stimulating …

We introduce political economics into the soft budget constraint problem by asking if the timing of elections has the … worse - with synchronized elections, i.e. simultaneous central and regional office terms, or with staggered elections, i ….e. terms of office that do not coincide. We find that staggered elections clearly improve fiscal discipline at the local level …

A spatial model of coalition formation is used together with data from Dutch elections and theoretical instances to …

A spatial model of coalition formation is used together with data from Dutch elections and theoretical instances to …

We introduce political economics into the soft budget constraint problem by asking if the timing of elections has the … worse - with synchronized elections, i.e. simultaneous central and regional office terms, or with staggered elections, i ….e. terms of office that do not coincide. We find that staggered elections clearly improve fiscal discipline at the local level …