For about 45 years, vote and popularity functions have been estimated for many countries indicating that voting intentions as well as actual votes are influenced by economic development. The economy is, of course, not the only and probably not always the most important factor, but there is no...

We explore the extent to which schools manipulate the composition of students in the test-taking pool in order to maximize ratings under Texas' accountability system in the 1990s. We first derive predictions from a static model of administrators' incentives given the structure of the ratings...

The phenomenon of arrears is difficult to capture due to its complexity. In this context, the paper aims at providing a unified perspective on the phenomenon by building a picture of the network of arrears in Romania which reflects the relations between the main economic actors involved. The...

It is common observation that many individuals vote despite the fact that in elections with even a moderate number of voters, the probability their vote will be pivotal is quite small. The theoretical solutions of positing that individuals receive utility from the act of voting itself "explains"...

The paper develops a model of public fiscal behaviour of the aid-recipient government in the presence of both endogenous and heterogeneous foreign aid. We endogenize aid on the grounds that the recipient government has some influence over aid disbursements. Regarding aid heterogeneity, it is...

Decisions-makers often rely on information supplied by interested parties. In practice, some parties have easier access to information than other parties. In this light, we examine whether more powerful parties have a disproportionate influence on decisions. We show that more powerful parties...

This paper presents research on the effect of intergovernmental grants on local government revenue in Chile. Intergovernmental grants are endogenous and I exploit a kink in a component of the Chilean formula for resource distribution for a panel of 340 Chilean municipalities from 1990 to 2007. I...

En este documento se presenta un análisis de las ejecuciones presupuestales y de los indicadores fiscales municipales en el período 1993 - 2007.Para ello se hicieron las ejecuciones presupuestales de los entes territoriales de Colombia con un formato agregado, según la metodología del FMI, y...

Este documento presenta la medición de los beneficios en el impuesto de renta otorgados a las empresas que operan en las zonas francas, los cuales están representados por una tarifa diferencial del 15% y, hasta el año 2010, por una deducción especial por inversión en activos fijos. Así...