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Voigtländer, Nico; Voth, Hans-Joachim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Can infrastructure investment win “hearts and minds”? We analyze a famous case in the early stages of dictatorship – the building of the motorway network in Nazi Germany. The Autobahn was one of the most important projects of the Hitler government. It was intended to reduce unemployment,...

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The Political Value of Land: Democratization and Land Prices in Chile

Baland, Jean-Marie; Robinson, James A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Though models of political economy suggest that changes in political institutions, such as democratization, should have large effects on policies and economic outcomes, the empirical literature finds ambiguous results. It is important, however, to ‘unbundle’ democratic reforms into more...

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Tax Contracts and Elections

Gersbach, Hans; Schneider, Maik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

In this paper we examine the impact of tax contracts, a novel instrument, on elections, policies, and welfare. We …

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Guns and Votes

Bouton, Laurent; Conconi, Paola; Pino, Francisco; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Why are U.S. congressmen reluctant to support gun control regulations, despite the fact that most Americans are in favor of them? We argue that re-election motives can lead politicians to take a pro-gun stance against the interests of an apathetic majority of the electorate, but in line with the...

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Looking Beyond the Incumbent: The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes

Chong, Alberto; De La O, Ana; Karlan, Dean S.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …

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Incumbency Advantage in Non-Democracies

Egorov, Georgy; Sonin, Konstantin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

In elections that take place in a less-than-perfect democracy, incumbency advantages are different from those in mature … model of elections and mass protests, where the purpose of competitive elections is to reveal information about the relative … elections, mediocre ones prevent credible opponents from running or cancel elections, and the least competent ones use outright …

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Centralization and Accountability: Theory and Evidence from the Clean Air Act

Boffa, Federico; Piolatto, Amedeo; Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper studies fiscal federalism when regions differ in voters’ ability to monitor public officials. We develop a model of political agency in which rent-seeking politicians provide public goods to win support from heterogeneously informed voters. In equilibrium, voter information...

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Social Capital, Government Expenditures, and Growth

Ponzetto, Giacomo AM; Troiano, Ugo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We present a tractable stochastic endogenous growth model that explains how social capital influences economic development. In our model, social capital increases citizens' awareness of government activity. Hence, it alleviates the electoral incentives to under-invest in education, whose returns...

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Suspiciously Timed Trade Disputes

Conconi, Paola; DeRemer, David; Kirchsteiger, Georg; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

This paper shows that electoral incentives affect the occurrence of trade disputes. Focusing on WTO disputes filed by the United States during the 1995-2012 period, we show that U.S. presidents are more likely to initiate a dispute in the year preceding their re-election date. Moreover, disputes...

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Are State Elections Affected by the National Economy? Evidence from Australia

Leigh, Andrew; McLeish, Mark - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009

Using data from 191 Australian state elections, we test how voters respond to economic conditions. We find that …

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