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On the Escalation and De-Escalation of Conflict

Lacomba, Juan Antonio; Lagos, Francisco; Reuben, Ernesto; … - 2013

We introduce three variations of the Hirshleifer-Skaperdas conflict game to study experimentally the effects of post-conflict behavior and repeated interaction on the allocation of effort between production and appropriation. Without repeated interaction, destruction of resources by defeated...

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Government and Cities: Contests and the Decentralization of Decision Making

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002

?s support. We set up a model of hierarchical contests and compare the implications of a centralized allocation process with a …

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Contests, NGOs and decentralizing aid

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2005

International donors usually have particular goals they want to achieve with their foreign aid, for example, poverty alleviation. In the international aid story lobbying by potential recipient groups attempting to capture the donor's support play a potentially important role for nongovernmental...

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Taxation, Social Protection, and Governance Decentralization

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017

hierarchical contests and comparing the implications of centralized with decentralized governance. Increasing information available …

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On the Escalation and De-Escalation of Conflict

Lacomba, Juan A.; Lagos, Francisco; Reuben, Ernesto; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

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Contests, NGOs and Decentralizing Aid

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

International donors usually have particular goals they want to achieve with their foreign aid, for example, poverty alleviation. In the international aid story lobbying by potential recipient groups attempting to capture the donor’s support play a potentially important role for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761993

Government and Cities: Contests and the Decentralization of Decision Making

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

’s support. We set up a model of hierarchical contests and compare the implications of a centralized allocation process with a …

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Building political collusion: Evidence from procurement auctions

Coviello, Decio; Gagliarducci, Stefano - 2010

We investigate the relationship between the time politicians stay in office and the functioning of public procurement. To this purpose, we collect a data set on the Italian municipal governments and all the procurement auctions they administered between 2000 and 2005. Identification is achieved...

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Building Political Collusion: Evidence from Procurement Auctions

Coviello, Decio; Gagliarducci, Stefano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

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The Political Economy of Kazakhstan: A Case of Good Economics, Bad Politics?

Commander, Simon; Prieskienyte, Ruta - 2021

investment? Can 'good economics' somehow offset the effects of 'bad' politics? Kazakhstan is a case where an autocratic regime … has actively projected market-friendly policies and attracted significant amounts of incoming investment. These policies … investment disputes that question the attachment to the rule of law. Moreover, the political regime remains strongly personalized …

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