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Peter T Leeson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • saving government failure theory from itself recasting Political economy from an austrian perspective
    Social Science Research Network, 2010
    Co-Authors: Peter J Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne, Peter T Leeson
    Abstract:

    The economic approach to politics revolutionized the way scholars in economics and Political science approached the study of Political Decision-Making by introducing the possibility of government failure. However, the persistent and consistent application of neoclassical models of economics also seemed to suggest that once the full costs were accounted for, this failure was an illusion. This paper counters these arguments associated with George Stigler, Gary Becker and more recently Donald Wittman, at the core of the economic theory that underlies their approach. In contrast, we develop an alternative model of Political economy grounded in the Austrian conception of the dynamic market process.

  • Saving government failure theory from itself: recasting Political economy from an Austrian perspective
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2007
    Co-Authors: Peter J Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne, Peter T Leeson
    Abstract:

    The economic approach to politics revolutionized the way scholars in economics and Political science approached the study of Political Decision-Making by introducing the possibility of government failure. However, the persistent and consistent application of neoclassical models of economics also seemed to suggest that once the full costs were accounted for, this failure was an illusion. This paper counters these arguments, typically associated with George Stigler, Gary Becker and Donald Wittman, by focusing on the underlying economic theory. We develop an alternative model of Political economy grounded in the Austrian conception of the dynamic market process.

Miltiadis Makris - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • tax incidence majority voting and capital market integration
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006
    Co-Authors: Ben Lockwood, Miltiadis Makris
    Abstract:

    We re-examine, from a Political economy perspective, the standard view that higher capital mobility results in lower capital taxes — a view, in fact, that is not confirmed by the available empirical evidence. We show that when a small economy is opened to capital mobility, the change of incidence of a tax on capital–from capital owners to owners of the immobile factor–may interact in such a way with Political Decision-Making so as to cause a rise in the equilibrium tax. This can happen whether or not the immobile factor (labour) can be taxed, and whether or not savings can be subsided under capital mobility. D 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V.

  • tax incidence majority voting and capital market integration
    2004
    Co-Authors: Ben Lockwood, Miltiadis Makris
    Abstract:

    We re-examine, from a Political economy perspective, the standard view that higher capital mobility results in lower capital taxes - a view, in fact, that is not confirmed by the available empirical evidence. We show that when a small economy is opened to capital mobility, the change of incidence of a tax on capital - from capital owners to owners of the immobile factor - may interact in such a way with Political Decision-Making so as to cause a rise in the equilibrium tax. This can happen whether or not the fixed factor (labour) can be taxed.

Benjamin A Olken - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • direct democracy and local public goods evidence from a field experiment in indonesia
    American Political Science Review, 2010
    Co-Authors: Benjamin A Olken
    Abstract:

    This brief summarizes the direct democracy and local public goods: evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia for September 2005-January 2006. This article presents an experiment in which 49 Indonesian villages were randomly assigned to choose development projects through either representative-based meetings or direct election-based plebiscites. Plebiscites resulted in dramatically higher satisfaction among villagers, increased knowledge about the project, greater perceived benefits, and higher reported willingness to contribute. Changing the Political mechanism had much smaller effects on the actual projects selected, with some evidence that plebiscites resulted in projects chosen by women being located in poorer areas. The results suggest that direct participation in Political Decision Making can substantially increase satisfaction and legitimacy.

  • direct democracy and local public goods evidence from a field experiment in indonesia
    National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
    Co-Authors: Benjamin A Olken
    Abstract:

    This paper presents an experiment where 48 Indonesian villages were randomly assigned to choose development projects through either representative-based meetings or direct election-based plebiscites. Plebiscites resulted in dramatically higher satisfaction among villagers, increased knowledge about the project, greater perceived benefits, and higher reported willingness to contribute. Changing the Political mechanism had much smaller effects on the actual projects selected, with some evidence that plebiscites resulted in projects chosen by women being located in poorer areas. The results show that direct participation in Political Decision Making can substantially increase satisfaction and legitimacy, even when it has little effect on actual Decisions.

Rachel M. Krause - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Political Decision Making and the local provision of public goods the case of municipal climate protection in the us
    Urban Studies, 2012
    Co-Authors: Rachel M. Krause
    Abstract:

    The municipal Political Decision-Making dynamic has typically been studied in regard to the provision of locally public goods and services whose benefits, while diffuse, are tied to a particular ge...

  • symbolic or substantive policy measuring the extent of local commitment to climate protection
    Environment and Planning C-government and Policy, 2011
    Co-Authors: Rachel M. Krause
    Abstract:

    Over 1000 US municipalities have formally committed to reduce their local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through participation in one of several climate-protection networks. This has attracted the attention of researchers interested in theories of free riding and local Political Decision Making who question why municipalities become engaged in this global effort. However, whereas joining a climate-protection network or adopting an emissions-reduction goal are relatively low-cost acts, the implementation of such policies entails higher costs. This raises legitimate questions about the extent and type of follow-through made on municipal climate-protection commitments. With this paper I begin to fill in the data gap around municipal climate-protection initiatives and construct an index that quantifies the GHG-reduction policies implemented by local governments. Data informing the index are collected on municipalities in the US state of Indiana and are used to test theories of local Political Decision Making....

Peter J Boettke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • saving government failure theory from itself recasting Political economy from an austrian perspective
    Social Science Research Network, 2010
    Co-Authors: Peter J Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne, Peter T Leeson
    Abstract:

    The economic approach to politics revolutionized the way scholars in economics and Political science approached the study of Political Decision-Making by introducing the possibility of government failure. However, the persistent and consistent application of neoclassical models of economics also seemed to suggest that once the full costs were accounted for, this failure was an illusion. This paper counters these arguments associated with George Stigler, Gary Becker and more recently Donald Wittman, at the core of the economic theory that underlies their approach. In contrast, we develop an alternative model of Political economy grounded in the Austrian conception of the dynamic market process.

  • Saving government failure theory from itself: recasting Political economy from an Austrian perspective
    Constitutional Political Economy, 2007
    Co-Authors: Peter J Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne, Peter T Leeson
    Abstract:

    The economic approach to politics revolutionized the way scholars in economics and Political science approached the study of Political Decision-Making by introducing the possibility of government failure. However, the persistent and consistent application of neoclassical models of economics also seemed to suggest that once the full costs were accounted for, this failure was an illusion. This paper counters these arguments, typically associated with George Stigler, Gary Becker and Donald Wittman, by focusing on the underlying economic theory. We develop an alternative model of Political economy grounded in the Austrian conception of the dynamic market process.