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Should Higher Education Be Subsidized More?

Declercq, Koen; Ooghe, Erwin - 2021

Fiscal externalities arise if subsidies to higher education raise future net fiscal revenues. We investigate in which countries fiscal externalities provide a justification for increasing subsidies to higher education. First, we show that the marginal fiscal recovery rate, i.e. the ratio of the...

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Moderating political extremism: single round vs runoff elections under plurality rule

Bordignon, Massimo; Tabellini, Guido - 2009

We compare single ballot vs dual ballot elections under plurality rule, assuming sincere voting and allowing for partly endogenous party formation. Under the dual ballot, the number of parties is larger but the influence of extremist voters on equilibrium policy is smaller, because their...

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Single Motherhood and the Abolition of Coverture in the United States

Alshaikhmubarak, Hazem; Geddes, R. Richard; Grossbard, … - 2017

Under the common-law system of coverture in the United States, a married woman relinquished control of property and … market earnings and to own separate property. The former were called married women’s earnings acts (MWEAs) and the latter … married women’s property acts (MWPAs). Scholarly interest in the acts’ effects is growing. Researchers have examined how the …

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Micro-Geographic Property Price and Rent Indices

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel; Heblich, Stephan; Seidel, Tobias - 2021

sparse. To illustrate the functionality, we generate a panel of German property prices and rents that is unprecedented in its …

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The Nexus between Corruption and Academic Freedom: An International Examination Using Mediation Analysis

Capasso, Salvatore; Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W. - 2022

Studying a relatively under-researched aspect in economics, this paper examines the nexus between corruption and academic freedom. Our main hypothesis is that greater corruption undermines academic freedom and we test this hypothesis using cross-national data for 104 nations over the years 2012...

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Give Me Your Best Shot! Diffusion of Complete versus Booster Covid-19 Vaccines across US Counties

Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2023

government decentralization did not. There were differences in the signs, magnitudes, and significance of the influence of some …

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Comparative Venture Capital Governance. Private versus Labour Sponsored Venture Capital Funds

Cumming, Douglas J.; MacIntosh, Jeffrey G. - 2003

Private independent limited partnership venture capital funds receive capital from institutional investors, without tax incentives. Limited partnership investment activities are governed by restrictive covenants that are determined by negotiated contract between the fund managers (general...

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The market for protection and the origin of the state

Konrad, Kai A.; Skaperdas, Stergios - 2005

We examine a stark setting in which security or protection can be provided by self-governing groups or by for-profit entrepreneurs (kings, kleptocrats, or mafia dons). Though selfgovernance is best for the population, it faces problems of long-term viability. Typically, in providing security the...

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State visits and international trade

Nitsch, Volker - 2005

Politicians travel extensively abroad, for various reasons. One purpose of external visits is to improve bilateral economic relations. In this paper, I examine the effect of state visits on international trade. I use a large data set covering the travel activities of the heads of state of...

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Why does environmental policy in representative democracies tend to be inadequate? A preliminary public choice analysis

Kollmann, Andrea; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2010

There is a widespread consensus among the most important players in developed countries (voters, politicians, producers, traditional and green interest groups and bureaucracies) that a shift towards an eco-social market economy is essential for sustainable growth. Nevertheless, market-based...

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