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Mattozzi, Andrea; Nocito, Samuel; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2022

We investigate the reaction of Italian Members of Parliament to a rigorous fact-checking of their public statements. Our research design relies on a novel randomized field experiment in collaboration with the leading Italian fact-checking company. Our results show that politicians are responsive...

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On Defaults, Framing, and Local Tax Policy: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Portugal

Bruns, Christian; Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana - 2023

increased electoral accountability, especially in municipalities with intense electoral competition. Politicians in these …

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The Right to Benefit: Using Videos to Encourage Citizen Involvement in Resource Revenue Management

Brunnschweiler, Christa; Kurniawan, Nanang; Lujala, Päivi - 2024

The governance of natural resource wealth is a key factor in promoting strong institutions and economic development in resource-rich countries. In this paper, we explore how individuals' engagement in local natural resource revenue (NRR) management can be enhanced and encouraged. We focus on...

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"You Need to Have this Information!": Using Videos to Increase Demand for Accountability on Public Revenue Management

Brunnschweiler, Christa; Edjekumhene, Ishmael; Lujala, … - 2023

How can citizens be motivated to demand accountability in the management of public revenues? We carry out a video … a politician and civil society leader on attitudes and demand for accountability in the management of petroleum revenues … the way revenues are handled and spent, and the intention to demand more accountability. The encouragement messages have …

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Information, Polarization and Delegation in Democracy

Schultz, Christian - 2003

This paper investigates the merits of different democratic institutions when politics is uni-dimensional, there is uncertainty both about the preferences of the future electorate and the future polarization of political parties, and politicians have better information about the state of the...

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Terrorism prevention and electoral accountability

Dragu, Tiberiu; Polborn, Mattias - 2009

How does electoral accountability affect the effectiveness of terrorism prevention in a democ- racy? We analyze the … connection between electoral accountability and policy effectiveness in the context of terrorism prevention. We develop a formal …

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Federalism and accountability with distorted election choices

Kessing, Sebastian G. - 2009

accountability. Such distorted election choices interact with the architecture of government. Contrasting centralized with … decentralized political systems, this study shows that centralization is likely to result in higher accountability if election …

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Lame ducks and divided government: How voters control the unaccountable

Schelker, Mark - 2011

these politicians are not subject to reelection restrictions. This weakened accountability can be counterbalanced by an …

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Political Competition, Tax Salience and Accountability: Theory and Some Evidence from Italy

Bracco, Emanuele; Porcelli, Francesco; Redoano, Michela - 2013

This paper argues that high political competition does not necessarily induce policy makers to perform better as previous research has shown. We develop a political economy model and we show that when political competition is tight, and elected politicians can rely on more tax instruments, they...

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Immunity

Reddy, Karthik; Schularick, Moritz; Skreta, Vasiliki - 2013

Legal provisions that protect politicians from arrest and prosecution exist throughout much of the modern democratic world. Why, and with what effects, do societies choose to place their politicians above the law? We examine the institution of immunity both theoretically and empirically. Our...

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