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New Tools in Comparative Political Economy : The Database of Political Institutions
This article introduces a large new cross-country database, the Database of Political Institutions. It covers 177 countries over 21 years, 1975-95. The article presents the intuition, construction, and definitions of the different variables.
T. Beck+4 more
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Application of a Theorem in Stochastic Models of Elections
Previous empirical research has developed stochastic electoral models for Israel, Turkey, and other polities. The work suggests that convergence to an electoral center (often predicted by electoral models) is a nongeneric phenomenon.
Norman Schofield+3 more
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Current account imbalances in the EMU: An assessment of official policy responses [PDF]
To handle the sovereign debt crisis in general and macroeconomic imbalances in particular the leading EU institutions and the Troika (European Central Bank, European Commission and International Monetary Fund) adopted two broad approaches: The ...
Dodig Nina, Herr Hansjörg
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Adam Smith and Ordoliberalism : On the Political Form of Market Liberty [PDF]
In the context of the contemporary crisis of neoliberal political economy, the politics of austerity has reasserted the liberal utility of the state as the political authority of market freedom.
Anderson+51 more
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La idea del desarrollo capitalista como una fuerza tendiente a homogeneizar la estructura económica a escala internacional puede rastrearse en ciertos pasajes de la obra económica de Karl Marx, incluyendo el prólogo a la primera edición alemana de El ...
Ezequiel Matías Lorenzo, Martín Moyano
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The Political Economy of Populism
We synthesize the literature on the recent rise of populism. First, we discuss definitions and present descriptive evidence on the recent increase in support for populists. Second, we cover the historical evolution of populist regimes since the late nineteenth century. Third, we discuss the role of secular economic factors related to cross-border trade
Sergei Guriev+2 more
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The political economy of the Prussian three-class franchise [PDF]
How did the Prussian three-class franchise, which politically over-represented the economic elite, affect policies? Contrary to the predominant and simplistic view that the system allowed the landed elites to capture most political rents, we find that ...
Becker, Sascha O., Hornung, Erik
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Rethinking Path Creation: A Geographical Political Economy Approach
A burgeoning strand of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) research is addressing questions of regional path creation, based on the idea that place-specific legacies and conditions play a critical role in supporting the emergence of new economic ...
D. Mackinnon+3 more
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THE BIRTH OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OR THE ECONOMY IN THE HEART OF POLITICS: MERCANTILISM [PDF]
Mercantilism (16th–18th centuries) is a set of precepts concerning economic policy. It places the State at the heart of national economic development. Wealth is conceived as serving power. Mercantilists share a static conception of international economic relations, considering that one country can only enrich itself to the detriment of another. It is a
Fontanel, Jacques+2 more
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Elite Localism and Inequality: Understanding affluent community opposition to rail network expansion within the political economy of Sydney. [PDF]
Sydney is a global city experiencing a surge in the expansion of public transport infrastructure. It is an unequal city, with a greater ratio of inequality between suburbs than any other major city in Australia.
Avila, Jarrod+1 more
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