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Endogenous Political Institutions [PDF]
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2002 Summary: A fundamental aspect of institutional design is how much society chooses to delegate unchecked power to its leaders. If, once elected, a leader cannot be restrained, society runs the risk of a tyranny of the majority, if not the tyranny of a dictator.
Aghion, Philippe +2 more
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Decentralization and political institutions [PDF]
Journal of Public Economics, 2003 Does fiscal decentralization lead to more efficient governance, better public goods, and higher economic growth? This paper tests Riker’s theory (1964) that the results of fiscal decentralization depend on the level of countries’ political centralization.
Enikolopov, Ruben +1 more
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Political institutions and their historical dynamics. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Traditionally, political scientists define political institutions deductively. This approach may prevent from discovery of existing institutions beyond the definitions.
Mikael Sandberg, Per Lundberg
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Cohesive Institutions and Political Violence [PDF]
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018 Abstract Can revenue sharing of resource rents be a source of distributive conflict? Can cohesive institutions avoid such conflicts? We exploit exogenous variation in local government revenues and new data on local democratic institutions in Nigeria to study these questions. We find a strong link between rents and conflict. Conflicts are
Fetzer, T, Kyburz, S
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Effects of Personification of Voting in Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Russia [PDF]
Антиномии, 2023 When directly elected presidents have fairly strong power in relations with the government and parliament, presidential elections are perceived as elections of the first order.
Petr V. Panov
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The EU’s raison d’état in the Western Balkans: Can the new enlargement methodology help? [PDF]
Međunarodni Problemi, 2022 By employing the concept of raison d’état, the article questions the European Union’s role in the so-called Western Balkan region. While the region continues to be covered by the EU’s enlargement policy, we argue that the policy has been in paralysis. We
Ivana Radić Milosavljević +1 more
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Institutional Commitment Problems and Regional Autonomy: The Catalan Case
Politics and Governance, 2021 This article examines what constitutional arrangements are more likely to facilitate the transfer of effective decision-making power to the regional level.
Francesc Amat, Toni Rodon
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Women’s Representation in Political Institutions [PDF]
Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals, 2022 This article examines the presence of women in Catalan political institutions from 1980 until now. First, this report reviews the measures that have been adopted over the years to reduce male over-representation.
Sílvia Claveria
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The Polish Paradox: From a Fight for Democracy to the Political Radicalization and Social Exclusion
Social Sciences, 2021 Poland has gone through a series of remarkable political transformations over the last 30 years. It has changed from a communist state in the Soviet sphere of influence to an autonomic prosperous democracy and proud member of the EU. Paradoxically, since
Zofia Kinowska-Mazaraki
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Political power and state institutions [PDF]
Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2023 Political power and state institutions, primarily in the sense of inter weaving and reduction of their political power, is a research topic that has been going on for thousands of years.
Parezanović Marko M.
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