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A Theory of Civil Conflict and Democracy in Unequal Societies

Adachi, Tsuyoshi; Nakamura, Yasuhiko - In: Economics Bulletin 8 (2008) 2, pp. 1-11

This paper examines the endogenous choice between democracy and conflict in a scenario with different social classes in … economic inequality between the poor and rich people affects the sustainability of democracy against conflict and how it …

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A Theory of Civil Conflict and Democracy in Unequal Societies

Adachi, Tsuyoshi; Nakamura, Yasuhiko - In: Economics Bulletin 8 (2008) 2, pp. 1-11

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"It is the economy, companheiro!": an empirical analysis of Lula's re-election based on municipal data

Shikida, Claudio Djissey; Monasterio, Leonardo Monteiro; … - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 2, pp. 976-991

This paper discusses the reasons that led to the Lula's 2006 re-election. Spatial analysis methods revealed that, contrary to 2002, the President had more votes in less developed municipalities of Brazil. The econometric results cast doubt on the analyses that attribute to Bolsa Família...

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Fiscal autonomy and quality of governance in OECD countries

Bartolini, David; Santolini, Raffaella - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 1, pp. 706-713

Using a panel of 24 OECD countries, we study the link between the autonomy of sub-national governments and the quality of governance of a country. The results show that fiscal autonomy worsens citizens' perceptions of governance quality. In particular, the delegation of policy responsibilities...

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Legislator characteristics and legislative outcomes in India

Panda, Sitakanta - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 4, pp. 3401-3416

We empirically test the prediction that the personal attributes of the legislators critically determine the legislative performance of a legislature in an Indian context. Analyzing the data on the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in the state of Tamil Nadu in the 2006-11 Assembly...

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Protection, Alliance and Negotiation against a Terrorist Threat

Baumann, Sylvain; santos, Pedro Lages dos; Amine, Samir; … - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 4, pp. 3214-3221

The aim of this paper is to analyze the decision-making process of a targeted country threatened by a terrorist group. This country has the choice between improving his arms, forming an alliance with a border country or negotiating with the terrorists. However, his resource do not enable him to...

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Protection and technology transfer against a terrorist threat

Baumann, Sylvain - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 4, pp. 3147-3154

The aim of this paper is to analyze the decision-making process of a targeted country threatened by a terrorist group. This country has the choice between improving his arms or buying technologies from the border country. However, his resource is not unlimited. So the government has to do an...

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Continuing Conflict and Stalemate: A note

Caruso, Raul - In: Economics Bulletin 4 (2007) 17, pp. 1-8

This note is about the possibility of a stalemate in a continuing conflict. Following the prevailing economic … literature on the topic, under some assumptions, the outcome of a conflict can be described in two ways: (i) a predetermined … stake. By contrast, in reality many disputes do not have a clear or a definite outcome. A stalemate can end the conflict …

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Continuing Conflict and Stalemate: A note

Caruso, Raul - In: Economics Bulletin 4 (2007) 17, pp. 1-8

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Does the distribution of New Deal spending reflect an optimal provision of public goods?

Taylor, Jason; Bateman, Fred - In: Economics Bulletin 8 (2007) 3, pp. 1-5

Since 1969 more than a dozen studies have explored the grossly unequal state-level distribution of New Deal spending. Why did small population rural states such as Nevada, Montana, and Wyoming receive up to six times as many federal dollars per capita as densely populated states such as...

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