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War and endogenous democracy
Ticchi, Davide (contributor); Vindigni, Andrea (contributor) - 2008
evidence consistent with our theory is also provided. -- Autocracy ; democracy ; wars ; redistribution … aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … Revolution, are an effective military organization only if the conscripted citizens are willing to put effort in fighting wars …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688773
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War and Endogenous Democracy
Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2021
aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … Revolution, are an effective military organization only if the conscripted citizens are willing to put effort in fighting wars … an oligarchy adopting a mass-army may voluntarily decide to promise some amount of income redistribution to its citizens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325298
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War and the rise of parliaments
Magalhães, Leandro de; Giovannoni, Francesco - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979333
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War and endogenous democracy.
Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS - 2007
aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … Revolution, are an effective military organization only if the conscripted citizens are willing to put effort in fighting wars … that an oligarchy adopting a mass-army may voluntarily decide to promise some amount of income redistribution to its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077160
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War and Endogenous Democracy
Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … Revolution, are an effective military organization only if the conscripted citizens are willing to put effort in fighting wars … an oligarchy adopting a mass-army may voluntarily decide to promise some amount of income redistribution to its citizens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822286
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War and Endogenous Democracy
Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Urbino - 2007
aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … Revolution, are an effective military organization only if the conscripted citizens are willing to put effort in fighting wars … that an oligarchy adopting a mass-army may voluntarily decide to promise some amount of income redistribution to its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738397
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Chapter 21. Democracy, Redistribution, and Inequality
Acemoglu, Daron; Naidu, Suresh; Restrepo, Pascual; … - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 1885-1966). 2015
In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution, and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail …: democracy does not lead to a uniform decline in post-tax inequality, but can result in changes in fiscal redistribution and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025324
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The democratic window of opportunity : evidence from riots in sub-Saharan Africa
Aidt, Toke; Leon, Gabriel - 2014
We show that drought-induced changes in the intensity of riots lead to moves towards democracy in sub-Saharan Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375173
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Coups, regime transitions, and institutional change
Bennett, Daniel L.; Bjørnskov, Christian; Gohmann, … - 2019
Coups and regime transitions are events that typically are intended to change the basic institutional framework of a country. Which specific policies change and the consequences of these changes nevertheless remains largely unknown. Change after a coup or transition implies that some form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021629
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The political costs of oil price shocks
Arezki, Rabah; Djankov, Simeon; Nguyen, Ha; Yotzov, Ivan - 2022
We explore the effect of oil import price shocks on political outcomes using a worldwide dataset on elections of chief executives. Oil import price shocks cause a reduction in the odds of reelection of incumbents, an increase in media chatter about fuel prices, and an increase in non-violent...
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