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The role of freedom, growth and religion in the taste for revolution
MacCulloch, Robert; Pezzini, Silvia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
A fundamental issue for economists is what determines civil conflict. One unsettled question is the relative importance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928706
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The effect of direct democracy on income redistribution: evidence for Switzerland
Feld, Lars P.; Fischer, Justina A. V.; Kirchgassner, Gebhard - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
There is an intensive dispute in political economics about the impact of institutions on income redistribution. While the main focus is on comparison between different forms of representative democracy, the influence of direct democracy on redistribution has attracted much less attention....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746491
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On the theory of ethnic conflict
Caselli, Francesco; Coleman, Wilbur John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
sometimes in conflict and sometimes at peace. In our theory ethnic markers help enforce group membership: in homogeneous …When considering engaging in conflict to secure control of a resource, a group needs to predict the amount of post-conflict … leakage due to infiltration by members of losing groups. We use this insight to explain why conflict often takes place along …
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Endogenous lobbying
Felli, Leonardo; Merlo, Antonio - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
In this paper we present a citizen-candidate model of representative democracy with endogenous lobbying. We find that lobbying induces policy compromise and always affects equilibrium policy outcomes. In particular, even though the policy preferences of lobbies are relatively extreme, lobbying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746186
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Term limits and electoral accountability
Smart, Michael; Sturm, Daniel M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
Periodic elections are the main instrument through which voters can hold politicians accountable. From this perspective term limits, which restrict voters’ ability to reward politicians with re-election, appear counterproductive. We show that despite the disciplining effect of elections, term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071155
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The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India
Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
The determinants of government responsiveness to its citizens is a key issue in political economy. Here we develop a model based on the solution of political agency problems. Having a more informed an politically active electorate strengthens incentives for governments to be responsive. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928605
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Government corruption and legislative procedures: is one chamber better than two?
Testa, Cecilia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper studies the impact of the competition between lobbies and voters on policy outcomes under alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928625
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The origins of state capacity: property rights, taxation and politics
Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
building state capacity. Some correlations in cross-country data are consistent with the theory. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745441
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Electoral Misgovernance Cycles: Evidence from wildfires and tax evasion in Greece and elsewhere
Skouras, Spyros; Christodoulakis, Nicos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
We present detailed empirical evidence that around Greek elections, misgovernance results in significant increases in wildfires and tax evasion and with important economic implications: the cumulative cost of these effects in recent years has been over 8% of GDP and has therefore been a...
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A new concept of European federalism
Frey, Bruno S. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
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