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Economic competition and political competition
Public Choice, 1972Competition is a central and ubiquitous concept of economic analysis. It is much debated whether there has been a decline of competition in the market place, but assuredly no decline has taken place in its role in economic analysis.1 Although competition, and more generally rivalry no doubt has a vastly longer history in political than in economic ...
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, 2015 In this entry, we tried to explain the role of political competition in the economy. Political science provided various definitions of political competition. After analyzing in detail all of those, we mentioned the actors political competition involves. In economic terms, competition in political market has seen as competition in good market. Therefore,
BARALDI, Anna Laura, Anna Laura Baraldi
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Distributive Politics and Electoral Competition
Journal of Economic Theory, 2002The institution of electoral politics is considered. The authors use the classical Downsian model of electoral competition in which two parties compete for the vote of the electorate in a symmetric zero-sum, perfect information game. This paper raises the question of the level of inequality generated by Downsian competition for redistribution.
Jean-François Laslier, Nathalie Picard
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Social protection and political competition [PDF]
Journal of Public Economics, 1996 This paper analyses how the level of social protection is determined when its choice depends on political competition. First, this is done under autarky. Then the analysis is extended to take account of the existence of an international capital market.
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European Journal of Political Research, 1997
Abstract Many previous theoretical analyses of multiparty coalition behaviour have been based either on one‐dimensional policy model or on a constant‐sum game interpretation. For theoretical and empirical reasons this paper focusses on a competitive two‐dimensional model.
Michael Laver, Norman Schofield
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Abstract Many previous theoretical analyses of multiparty coalition behaviour have been based either on one‐dimensional policy model or on a constant‐sum game interpretation. For theoretical and empirical reasons this paper focusses on a competitive two‐dimensional model.
Michael Laver, Norman Schofield
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Political Dynasties and Political Competition in Pakistan
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020Existing literature on political dynasties argues that dynastic candidates enjoy a disproportionate electoral advantage. Theoretically, the presence of political dynasties can be considered as a non-institutional barrier to candidacy in the election. Using constituency-level data on national assembly elections (2002, 2008, & 2013) in Pakistan, we study
Noman Ahmad, Faiz Ur Rehman
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Campaign Expenditures and Political Competition
The Journal of Law and Economics, 1976THE theory of public choice emphasizes the role of economic assumptions in the mechanisms which generate political choices.1 In a recent contribution to this literature, Stigler has suggested that the "all-or-nothing" characterization of political competition is both unappealing and unrealistic. He is sympathetic to a basic similarity between political
Crain, William Mark, Tollison, Robert D.
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The Antitrust Bulletin, 2016
This article examines the political origins of antitrust enforcement in the developing countries. I consider how the organization and political influence of business affects governments’ commitments to competition policy institutions. The analysis predicts cross-class coalitions with contending regulatory preferences. An alliance of incumbent producers
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This article examines the political origins of antitrust enforcement in the developing countries. I consider how the organization and political influence of business affects governments’ commitments to competition policy institutions. The analysis predicts cross-class coalitions with contending regulatory preferences. An alliance of incumbent producers
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Economic competition and political competition: A comment
Public Choice, 1980Unlike Stigler's original estimates, our re-estimation of his equations yields results which are consistent with economic theory. However, they raise questions regarding the extent to which the data provide a measure of support for the implications of his theory.
William W. Brown, Gary J. Santoni
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Earmarked taxation and political competition
Journal of Public Economics, 2006Abstract Although tax earmarking constitutes a voluntary constraint for government's policymaking, it is widely used in the real world. This paper investigates the electoral dimension of earmarking in a model of political competition with ideological parties.
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