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Making judges independent : some proposals regarding the judiciary

Feld, Lars P.; Voigt, Stefan - 2004

It is argued that an independent judiciary is a necessary condition for both individual liberty and economic prosperity …. After having surveyed the literature dealing with how to arrange for an independent judiciary, the authors derive some …

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The Economic Effects of Judicial Accountability: Some Preliminary Insights

Voigt, Stefan - 2005

absence of corruption within the judiciary as well as data gathered by the U.S. State Department as proxies. On the basis of …

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Judiciaries in corrupt societies

Priks, Mikael - 2007

, low-level officials, and the judiciary are corrupt. In the model, the central government sells offices to low …-level officials and demands ex-post payments enforced by the judiciary. Because an independent judiciary can rule against the central … promotes corruption at the lower level. Therefore, even if highly corrupt, an independent judiciary may reduce total corruption …

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Making judges independent: some proposals regarding the judiciary

Feld, Lars P.; Voigt, Stefan - 2004

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Power over prosecutors corrupts politicians: cross country evidence using a new indicator

van Aaken, Anne; Feld, Lars P.; Voigt, Stefan - 2008

It is hypothesized that prosecution agencies that are dependent on the executive have less incentives to prosecute crimes committed by government members which, in turn, increases their incentives to commit such crimes. Here, this hypothesis is put to an empirical test focusing on a particular...

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Transparency and trust in government: Evidence from a survey experiment

Alessandro, Martin; Lagomarsino, Bruno Cardinale; … - 2019

Does providing information improve citizens' perception about government transparency? Does all information matter the … randomized survey experiment conducted in Argentina. Results show that providing information to citizens matters for shaping …

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Coordination incentives in cross-border macroprudential regulation

Derviz, Alexis; Seidler, Jakub - 2012

We discuss (dis)incentives for fair cooperation related to delegating macroprudential policy decisions to a supranational body, as well as their welfare implications. The question is studied by means of a signaling game of imperfect information between two national regulators. The model...

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Between agora and shopping mall

Falkinger, Josef - 2008

Advertisements provide consumers with knowledge about private products, whereas political information is required to provide voters with knowledge of public issues. Modern information technologies and globalisation are increasing the exposure of individuals to information. Goods advertising is...

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An Economic Analysis of Security Policies

Brück, Tilman - 2004

This paper analyses public policy choices in the security economy from an economic perspective. It discusses the role of public goods for national and global security and identifies the importance of the first- and second-order indirect effects of insecurity on economic activity, which include...

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Envisioning collective action for sustainable resource management. An economic experiment

Ortiz-Riomalo, Juan Felipe; Engel, Stefanie; Koessler, … - 2024

lab-in-the-field economic experiment conducted with 728 farmers from Lake Tota, Colombia. Participants chose between two …

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