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Passarelli, Francesco; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2013

unpleasant policy choices. -- emotions ; political economics ; unrest ; riots ; fairness ; public debt ; procrastination …This paper formulates a general theory of how political unrest influences public policy. Political unrest is motivated … by emotions. Individuals engage in protests if they are aggrieved and feel that they have been treated unfairly. This …

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The economic effects of constitutions: replicating - and extending - Persson and Tabellini

Blume, Lorenz; Müller, Jens; Voigt, Stefan; Wolf, Carsten - 2007

Persson and Tabellini (2003) show that presidential regimes and majoritarian election systems have important effects on fiscal policy, government effectiveness and productivity. Here, their dataset is extended in a number of ways: the number of countries included is increased from 85 to up to...

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Explaining Reform Deadlocks

Heinemann, Friedrich - 2004

Countries are often slow to adjust their economic structures to new necessities although this reform reluctance is costly in terms of growth and employment. This paper analyses the relevant factors that block or foster economic reforms. Theoretical considerations show that there are at least...

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Bundesrepublik Erde: Grundrechte und Grundgesetz für die ganze Welt

Dilger, Alexander - 2015

In diesem Beitrag wird das kontrafaktische Szenario betrachtet, dass die ganze Erde einen globalen Bundesstaat nach dem Vorbild der Bundesrepublik Deutschland bilden würde, in dem das Grundgesetz analog für alle Menschen und Länder Geltung hätte. Grundgesetz und Organisation der...

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Competing Social Models in the Global Economy

Sørensen, Peter Birch - In: CESifo Forum 12 (2011) 3, pp. 21-28

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How Decentralised Is Government Activity?

Osterkamp, Rigmar; Eller, Markus - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 1, pp. 32-35

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Functional Decentralisation of Government Activity

Osterkamp, Rigmar; Eller, Markus - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 3, pp. 36-42

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Market Imperfections versus Regulatory Imperfections

Joskow, Paul L. - In: CESifo DICE Report 08 (2010) 3, pp. 3-7

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On the determinants and effects of political influence

Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark - 2007

This paper uses a large cross-country survey of business firms to assess their influence on government policies. It is found that influence is associated with larger, government-owned firms that have a high degree of ownership concentration. In contrast, foreign ownership matters little. It is...

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Happiness, habits and high rank: Comparisons in economic and social life

Clark, Andrew E. - 2011

The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...

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