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Chapter 2. The Political Economy of Commercial Policy
McLaren, J. - In: Handbook of commercial policy : vol 1A-1B, (pp. 109-159). 2016
This chapter surveys research on the demand for protectionism as well as theoretical and empirical work on the (i) electoral mechanisms, the (ii) lobbying institutions, and the (iii) legislative bargaining that affect its supply. A recent trend is mutual feedbacks between commercial policy on...
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Importing threat : the electoral logic of economic relief
Kim, Minju; Gulotty, Robert - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296789
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The Political Economy of Government Size
Tridimas, George; Winer, Stanley L. - 2004
in a spatial voting framework, and use the comparative static properties of the integrative model to shed light on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069385
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Dynamic Enfranchisement
Lagunoff, Roger D.; Jack, William - 2003
, to expand the set of citizens with voting rights. In this way, each period's median voter can effectively delegate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030461
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The construction of choice : a computational voting model
Marengo, Luigi; Pasquali, Corrado - In: Journal of economic interaction and coordination : JEIC 6 (2011) 2, pp. 139-156
interdependent components. In this paper we present a model of object construction in majority voting and show that, in general, by …
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The construction of choice : a computational voting model
Marengo, Luigi; Pasquali, Corrado - 2008
interdependent components. In this paper we present a model of object construction in majority voting and show that, in general, by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008729577
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Inequality, Uncertainty, and Redistribution
Machado, Fabiana V. P. - 2012
high levels of redistribution. According to international rankings, however, among the fourteen most unequal countries in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014174582
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Regime Type, Inequality, and Redistributive Transfers in Developing Countries
Dodlova, Marina - 2015
The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution in a country is still ongoing. We … construct a model that predicts a higher probability of redistribution in democracies than in autocracies. Further, with higher … initial inequality, there should be more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. We test these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021554
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Richer (and holier) than thou? : the effect of relative income improvements on demand for redistribution
Karadja, Mounir; Möllerström, Johanna; Seim, David - 2014
effects on preferences for redistribution of correcting faulty beliefs. We implement a tailor-made survey in Sweden and … income position. Respondents who learn that they are richer than they thought demand less redistribution and increase their … altruism or moral values about redistribution. Moreover, the effect can be reconciled by people with political preferences to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010407867
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Inequality, opting-out and public education funding
Arcalean, Calin; Schiopu, Ioana Cosmina - 2014
We investigate the relationship between inequality and political support for public education funding in a model of endogenous fertility and school choice. Household income heterogeneity is consistent with the skewness of empirical income distributions. Inequality can drive education spending in...
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