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A tragic solution to the collective action problem : implication for corruption, conflict and inequality

Nieva, Ricardo - 2020

the enforcer in conflict increases the group probability of winning only if the prize valuation of the enforcer is lower … which have been shown to form together with conflict and inequality endogenously; otherwise, this occurs with non corrupt …

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The Security Factor in the Political Economy of Development

McGuire, Martin C. - 2006

A country`s judiciary, police, and security forces are essential to protect the State from external aggression. By virtue of the State`s monopoly of coercion, they maintain a stable legal framework and the safety of persons and property. All these activities enhance a society`s productivity, but...

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An experiment on inequality within groups in contest

Ma, Mingye; Trevisan, Francesco - 2023

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Horizontal and Vertical Conflict : Experimental Evidence

Galiani, Sebastián - 2016

Two types of political conflicts of interest pervade many of the world's societies. A horizontal conflict of interest … arises when different constituencies support different policies, while a vertical conflict of interest emerges when those in … predictions using two experiments. In both cases we find support for the proposition that more intense horizontal conflict leads …

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Internal versus external rent-seeking with in-group inequality and public good provision

Bakshi, Dripto; Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2021

inequality between the rich and others within a community depresses between-group conflict. Within-group conflict may fall as … well. The "paradox of power" is violated for both kinds of conflict - better-endowed individuals are more successful in the … internal conflict, while better-endowed groups are more successful in the external conflict. …

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Internal v. external rent-seeking with in-group inequality and public good provision

Bakshi, Dripto; Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2021

-group conflict. Within group conflict may fall as well. The 'paradox of power' is violated for both kinds of conflict - better … endowed individuals are more successful in the internal conflict, while better-endowed groups are more successful in the … external conflict. …

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Rent-seeking for pure public goods: wealth and group's size heterogeneity

Nupia, Oskar - 2011

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Rent seeking for pure public goods : wealth and group's size heterogeneity

Nupia, Oskar - In: Economics & politics 25 (2013) 3, pp. 496-514

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Corruption, judicial accountability and inequality : unfair procedures may benefit the worst-off

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2019

We ask whether, as many seem to think, corruption worsens, and judicial accountability improves, inequality, and investigate this empirically using data from 145 countries 1960.2014. We relate perceived corruption and de facto judicial accountability to gross-income inequality and consumption...

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Where are the rent seekers?

Hillman, Arye L.; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2016

In a remarkably simple and yet in one of the most original and insightful observations of 20th century economics, Gordon Tullock observed that there are efficiency losses when public policies and political behavior create contestable rents. Tullock also observed that social losses from...

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