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Democracy, Size of Bureaucracy, and Economic Growth : Evidence from Russian Regions

Libman, Alexander - 2013

better than hybrid regimes. Second, the paper considers the influence of the size of bureaucracy on economic outcomes and … rather confirms the "grabbing hand" view on bureaucracy than the Weberian ideas: in Russia increase of the size of … bureaucracy is associated with a decline of economic performance. Moreover, it analyzes the potential interaction between …

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Investing in influence : how minority interests can prevail in a democracy

Skaperdas, Stergios; Vaidya, Samarth - 2021

How can the West's economic and political polarization be explained? We argue that persuasive lobbying at various levels of government leads to systematic deviations of policies from those desired by the majority. Implemented policies diverge from the majority position despite centripetal forces...

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Inherent Quality or Nepotism? : Performance Analysis of Political Dynasties in a Democracy

Tantri, Prasanna L. - 2017

While persistence of political dynasties in a democracy has received attention, the performance of dynasts remains unstudied. using a regression discontinuity (RD) framework, we compare dynastic representatives, who defeat non-dynastic candidates by a close margin with non-dynastic...

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Political Selection Method for African Democracies

Adeolu, Adewole Musiliu - 2015

This essay, having identified the failure of political leadership as the bane of economic development and democracy in Africa, has outlined mechanisms for selecting high quality leaders into public office. In the first stage of the screening process, certain elements of costs are imposed on the...

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The Politics of Social Protection in Ghana : Policy Reform in a Competitive African Democracy (2000-2014)

Grebe, Eduard - 2017

The Kufuor (New Patriotic Party) administration of 2000-2008 implemented substantial reforms of the contributory social insurance system (including the introduction of a national health insurance scheme and a new 'three tier' pensions system), and introduced a range of social assistance schemes...

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Corruption, Fatigued Democracy and Bad Governance : Are They Co-Determinants of Poverty Risk and Social Exclusion in Europe? A Cross-Country Macro-Level Comparison

Bosco, Bruno - 2016

Using a macro panel of 31 European countries, this paper explores the hypothesis that cross-country differences in the exposition to the risk of poverty or social exclusion (as defined by the Europe 2020 anti‐poverty strategy) are strongly affected by countries' political, institutional and...

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Democracy and Economic Growth : Do Swing Voters Make a Difference?

Bhardwaj, Abhishek - 2017

Using actual voting records of simultaneous elections held for Indian federal and regional assemblies -- where same political parties contest against each other in both type of elections -- we identify swing voters. We find that the representatives supported by swing voters outperform...

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Rebuilding the Democracy of the Taxpayer

Yanovskiy, Konstantin - 2013

The voter - bureaucrat is locked into a situation of a conflict of interests: as a conscientious citizen, he or she should support optimal expenditure levels for providing certain public goods, but as a person whose wellbeing and career depend on the volume of expenditures for providing public...

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Investing in Influence : How Minority Interests Can Prevail in a Democracy

Skaperdas, Stergios; Vaidya, Samarth - 2021

How can the West’s economic and political polarization be explained? We argue that persuasive lobbying at various levels of government leads to systematic deviations of policies from those desired by the majority. Implemented policies diverge from the majority position despite centripetal...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323091

Why Does Environmental Policy in Representative Democracies Tend to Be Inadequate? A Preliminary Public Choice Analysis

Kollmann, Andrea - 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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