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Monopoly, Inequality and Redistribution via the Public Provision of Private Goods [PDF]
The relationship between inequality and redistribution is usually studied under the assumption that the government collects different amounts of taxes from each citizen (voter) but gives back the same amount (in cash or in kind) to everyone.
Margarita Katsimi, Thomas Moutos
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Strategy-Proofness and Single-Crossing [PDF]
This paper analyzes strategy-proof collective choice rules when individuals have single-crossing preferences on a finite and ordered set of social alternatives.
Alejandro Saporiti
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What Drives Gasoline Prices? [PDF]
Gasoline taxes are the most important tax on car use. The question naturally arises as to what tax would be adopted by a government that responds to the preferences of the public.
Fay Dunkerley +2 more
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Do Preferences in EU Member-States Support Fiscal Federalism? [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to assess preferences with respect to fiscal federalism in EU member-states. In particular, we address the question of whether each EU country would - if the decision were taken by 'majority voting' - or should – if the decision ...
Farina, Francesco +2 more
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The median voter data set: Voter preferences across 50 democracies
, 2011 This research note presents a median voter data set that allows for comparison across time and across countries. The data set updates and extends the widely used statistics originally developed by [Kim and Fording, 1998] and [Kim and Fording, 2003] . The
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve +1 more
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Did states' motor voter programs help the Democrats? [PDF]
The National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993 required all states to establish "motor voter," mail-in and agency registration procedures prior to the 1996 Presidential election. Using state-level data for the 1976-94 period on party registration, we
Knack, Stephen, White, James
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Takings, Fiscal Illusion, and the Median Voter
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2017 »Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494 ...
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Expected Benefits of Voting and Voter Turnout [PDF]
This empirical study seeks to identify key aggregate-level economic and non-economic determinants of the expected benefits from voting and hence aggregate voter turnout.
Garey C. Durden, Richard J. Cebula
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Institutional environment for reproduction of social inequality
Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна: Серія Економіка, 2018 The article considers the institutional environment of the reproduction of social inequality on the basis of overseas and domestic studies. The institutional conditions for reducing social inequality in the transformational economy were analyzed.
O. V. Dmytrenko, S. A. Demchenko
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A psychologically-based model of voter turnout [PDF]
We analyze a psychologically-based model of voter turnout. Potential voters experience regret if they fail to vote, which is the motivation for participation in voting. Regret from abstention is inversely related to the margin of victory.
Ming Li, Dipjyoti Majumdar
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