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Brollo, Fernanda; Nannicini, Tommaso; Perotti, Roberto; … - 2010

The paper studies the effect of additional government revenues on political corruption and on the quality of politicians, both with theory and data. The theory is based on a version of the career concerns model of political agency with endogenous entry of political candidates. The evidence...

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Democratisation under Diversity: Theory and Evidence from Indonesian Communities

Mitra, Anirban; Pal, Sarmistha - 2021

We study the effect of ethnic diversity on local public spending following fiscal decentralisation in a setting where local institutions are salient. Specifically, the latter affects coordination costs and thereby cooperative behaviour across the constituent ethnic groups. Our theory highlights...

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The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance: How Information and Design Affect Public Preferences for Tuition

Lergetporer, Philipp; Woessmann, Ludger - 2019

Public preferences for charging tuition are important for determining higher education finance. To test whether public support for tuition depends on information and design, we devise several survey experiments in representative samples of the German electorate (N19,500). The electorate is...

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Ideology

Benabou, Roland - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

I develop a model of ideologies as collectively sustained (yet individually rational) distortions in beliefs concerning …-faire ideology and blind faith in the invisible hand. With public-sector capital, this interplay of beliefs and institutions leads to …

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News, Emotions, and Policy Views on Immigration

Manzoni, Elena; Murard, Elie; Quercia, Simone; Tonini, Sara - 2024

information? We address these questions using a survey experiment in Italy, which randomly exposes around 7,000 participants to (i … theft news, while having a similar effect on factual beliefs. Second, we document that information provision corrects … beliefs, irrespective of whether participants are also exposed to the rape news. Yet, the exposure to the rape news strongly …

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Competition, cooperation, and collective choice

Markussen, Thomas; Reuben, Ernesto; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2012

economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … situation. Experimental results show that the competitive scheme fosters cooperation. Competition is popular, but the electoral … outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is almost …

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Understanding the Origins of Populist Political Parties and the Role of External Shocks

Levi, Eugenio; Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven - 2021

We use electoral survey data to examine the impact that two large external shocks had on the development of New Zealand First (NZF), one of the oldest populist parties in the OECD. We find that structural reforms, which led to large negative impacts on particular locations, and immigration...

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The Political Resource Curse

Brollo, Fernanda; Nannicini, Tommaso; Perotti, Roberto; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

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Frontier issues of the political economy of migration

Epstein, Gil S. - 2012

Migration has a strong economic impact on the sending and host countries. Since individuals and groups do not benefit equally from migration, interest groups emerge to protect and take care of their narrow self-interests and compete for rents generated by migration. Narrow self-interests may be...

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Sailing Through History: The Legacy of Medieval Sea Trade On Migrant Perception and Extreme Right Voting

Bottasso, Anna; Cerruti, Gianluca; Conti, Maurizio; … - 2024

In this study we evaluate the role that Mediterranean Medieval trade with Africa and the Middle-East still plays today in Italian politics by shaping the attitudes towards migrants of individuals that live close to Medieval ports. Trade connections between Medieval ports and Muslim Africa and...

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