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Do Politicians Shirk when Reelection Is Certain? Evidence from the German Parliament

Bernecker, Andreas - 2013

Does stiffer electoral competition reduce political rent-seeking behavior? For a microanalysis of this question, I … parliament beforehand. MPs of governing parties seem to react less to electoral competition. These results are confirmed by an … elected via party lists react to different levels of electoral competition. …

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Rent-Seeking and Public Policy

Patnaik, Sanjay - In: CESifo DICE Report 13 (2015) 3, pp. 3-5

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Government Size and Economic Growth in an Endogenous Growth Model with Rent-seeking

Wadho, Waqar; Ayaz, Umair - 2017

We explore the relationship between government size and economic growth in an endogenous growth model with human capital and an unproductive capital which facilitates rent-seeking. With exogenous as well as endogenous time discounting, we find a non-monotonic relationship between the size of...

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Political Networks across the Globe

Commander, Simon; Poupakis, Stavros - 2020

Political networks are an important feature of the political and economic landscape of countries. Despite their ubiquity and significance, information on such networks has proven hard to collect due to a pervasive lack of transparency. However, with the advent of big data and artificial...

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The Politicians' Wage Gap: Insights from German Members of Parliament

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2011

Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income, this paper analyzes the politicians' wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for selection into politics, we find a positive PWG...

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Corruption, Public Procurement, and the Budget Composition: Theory and Evidence from OECD Countries

Hessami, Zohal - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2013

This paper examines the relationship between corruption and the composition of public expenditures. First, I derive a theoretical model that links the degree of corruption in a country - to be understood as the prevailing culture of corruption - to distortions in the budget composition. The...

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Do Politicians Shirk when Reelection Is Certain? Evidence from the German Parliament

Bernecker, Andreas - Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim - 2013

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Corruption and the Composition of Public Expenditures: Evidence from OECD Countries

Hessami, Zohal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

model illustrates how asymmetries between industries in the degree of competition and in the difficulty of concealing …

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Why Attend Sessions When Reelection Is Certain? Evidence from the German Parliament

Bernecker, Andreas - Abteilung für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Mannheim - 2013

Does stiffer electoral competition reduce political rent-seeking behavior? For a micro-analysis of this question, I … in Germany and one of the first to look at the effect of political competition on absences. This paper is also the first …

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Political Competition, Political Donations, Economic Policy and Growth

Maloney, John; Pickering, Andrew - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2013

Greater political competition reduces the extent of rent-seeking or resource diversion by politicians in government … election, and on the objectives of donors themselves. Data from the US states suggest that the corruption-political competition … with better policies and stronger growth performance at low levels of political competition, whilst laissez-faire is …

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