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This paper analyses the effects of land use characteristics on mode choice and carownership. The study is based on a large sample of individuals from the National TravelSurvey of Great Britain for the years 1989-91 and 1999-2001. Land use characteristics
Dargay, J, Hanly, M
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Contract choice, incentives and political capture in public transport services [PDF]
We consider a framework of contractual interactions between urban transport authorities and transport operators. We estimate simultaneously the choice of contract by the authorities and the effect of regulation on the cost reducing activity of the ...
Gagnepain, Philippe, Ivaldi, Marc
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From Models to Experiments [PDF]
In this paper we discuss James Buchanan’s contribution in the narrow domain of understanding committee voting under majority rule. We then go on to discuss Charles Plott’s seminal experimental work on the topic that sparked a wave of public choice ...
Hersch, Gil, Houser, Daniel
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Purpose – This article aims at analyzing the initial process of economic interventionism developed across the European continent as it was interrupted in the late seventies and early eighties, giving rise to an aggressive privatization process, effective
Pablo Reja Sánchez
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When Schools Compete, How Do They Compete? An Assessment of Chile’s Nationwide School Voucher Program [PDF]
The notion that free choice is welfare-enhancing is one of the foundations of modern, market-oriented societies. This view is prominent in the school choice debate, where there is a widespread perception that public schools are inecientlocal monopolies ...
Chang-Tai Hsieh, Miguel Urquiola
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Rational ignorance and the public choice of redistribution [PDF]
This paper studies the role of citizensÂ’ demand for political information in elections and provides a possible explanation for the poor empirical support encountered by political economy models of income redistribution.
Valentino Larcinese
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The Public Education Tax Credit [PDF]
Public education is an end, not a means. For a democratic nation to thrive, its schools must prepare children not only for success in private life but for participation in public life. It must foster harmonious social relations among the disparate groups
Adam B. Schaeffer
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Voluntary contributing in a neighborhood public good game: An experimental study [PDF]
In repeated Public Good Games contributions might be influenced by different motives. The variety of motives for deciding between (more or less) free-riding probably explains the seemingly endless tradition of theoretical and experimental studies of ...
Berninghaus, Siegfried K. +2 more
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