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The Size and the Scope of Government : Comparative Politics with Rational Politicians

Tabellini, Guido Enrico; Persson, Torsten - 2008

We try to demonstrate how economists may engage in research on comparative politics, relating the size and composition of government spending to the political system. A Downsian model of electoral competition and forward-looking voting indicates that majoritarian--as opposed to...

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Voting on the 'Optimal' Size of Government

Olters, Jan-Peter - 2006

Viewing fiscal policies as the outcome of democratically resolved conflicts of households over public goods and taxes, the quot;economic model of politicsquot; proposes a public choice approach, which does not rely on social welfare functions. With it, a country's overall budget can be derived...

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Social ideology and taxes in a differentiated candidates framework

Krasa, Stefan; Polborn, Mattias - 2011

How does ideological polarization on non-economic matters influence the size of government? We analyze this question using a differentiated candidates framework: Two office-motivated candidates differ in their (fixed) ideological position and their production function for public goods, and...

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Social Ideology and Taxes in a Differentiated Candidates Framework

Krasa, Stefan; Polborn, Mattias - 2021

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Why local governments set climate targets : effects of city size and political costs

Eisenack, Klaus - 2023

Cities increasingly address climate change, e.g. by pledging city-level emission reduction targets. This is puzzling for the provision of a global public good: what are city governments' reasons for doing so, and do pledges actually translate into emission reductions? Empirical studies have...

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Essays on the behavior of firms and politicians

Riem, Marina - 2017

attitudes and actions of politicians in Germany. The results show that German state politicians' and governments' words differed …, wie ideologische Orientierung Einstellungen und Handlungen von Politikern in Deutschland prägt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen …

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Empirical studies on public debt and fiscal transfers

Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2016

the budget balance. The results show that stock-flow adjustments increased before elections. In Germany, stock … outside the core budget. Chapter 6 describes special funds in Germany and elaborates upon the purposes for which special funds …, ob das Wahlverhalten der Gemeinden bei Landtagswahlen in einem deutschen Bundesland die Verteilung von diskretionären …

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The impact of election information shocks on populist party preferences : evidence from Germany

Gerling, Lena; Kellermann, Kim Leonie - 2019

Germany and the individual disposition to report an AfD preference. Exploiting quasi-random variation in survey interviews …

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Empirical studies on public debt and fiscal transfers

Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2016

This volume was prepared by Markus Reischmann while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in June 2015 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in November 2015. It includes five self-contained chapters in the fields of public...

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Inequality, infrastructure, and institutions : empirical studies in public economics and political economy

Dorn, Florian - 2021

Florian Dorn erstellte diesen Beitrag während seines Promotionsstudiums an der Universität München (LMU). Die Studie wurde im September 2020 abgeschlossen und von der Fakultät für Volkswirtschaftslehre als Dissertation angenommen. Die Dissertation trägt zur Empirie der Ökonomie des...

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