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Human Rights Treaty Ratification of Aid Receiving Countries
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 45, S. 175-188
Regionalism and Tribal Insecurity in India
In: Economic Development and Cultural Change
ISSN: 1539-2988
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Regionalism and Tribal Insecurity in India
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Independent Candidates and Political Representation in India
In: American political science review, Band 112, Heft 3, S. 678-697
ISSN: 1537-5943
We estimate the causal effect of independent candidates on voter turnout and election outcomes in India. To do this, we exploit exogenous changes in the entry deposit candidates pay for their participation in the political process, changes that disproportionately excluded candidates with no affiliation to established political parties. A one standard deviation increase in the number of independent candidates increases voter turnout by more than 6 percentage points, as some voters choose to vote rather than stay home. The vote share of independent candidates increases by more than 10 percentage points, as some existing voters switch who they vote for. Thus, independents allow winning candidates to win with less vote share, decrease the probability of electing a candidate from the governing coalition by about 31 percentage points, and ultimately increase the probability of electing an ethnic-party candidate. Altogether, the results imply that the price of participation by independents is constituency representation in government.
Independent candidates and political representation in India
In: American political science review, Band 112, Heft 3, S. 678-697
ISSN: 0003-0554
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Independent Candidates and Political Representation in India
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The Value of Information in Regulation
In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy, Band 10, Heft 1
ISSN: 1935-1682
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This paper considers the problem of an imperfectly informed regulator constrained in his choice of environmental regulation by the political opposition of those affected by the policy. We compare the value of two types of information to the regulator: the social cost of pollution and the profitability of firms present in the economy. We find that in environments where small increases in the losses to regulated firms greatly affect the regulator's ability to implement the policy, it is most valuable to learn the types of firms whereas it is most valuable to learn the social cost of pollution when small increases in losses are relatively ineffectual.
The Impact of Social Security on Pension Claiming and Retirement: Active vs. Passive Decisions
In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15120
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The Impact of Social Security on Pension Claiming and Retirement: Active vs. Passive Decisions
In: NBER Working Paper No. w27616
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