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Political economy of redistribution between traditional and modern families

of economic growth. While the impact of taxation and subsidies on such decisions is well-understood, the changing political support of transfers between ‘modern’ * double-earner households and ... ‘traditional’ single-earner households has not received much attention. Our paper attempts to explain the evolution of such policies by considering a political economy framework in which voters choose between

Political alignment and project funding

. In particular, we are investigating whether more federal grants are being granted in Germany for projects in federal states whose government is led by the same political party as the responsible ... projects, political alignment is associated with an average increase in public funding by almost 10,000 euro. Our results suggest that public funds for research, development and innovation projects could be

The popularity function: a spurious regression? The case of Austria

power since the mid-1970s. We find only very rare evidence for economic variables influencing the popularity of the main political parties in the federal government, thereby challenging previous studies ... to a large number of studies estimating links between economic variables and voters’ evaluations of political parties and governments in many countries. One of their main conclusions was that a clear

Political institutions and health expenditure

We examine how political institutions influence health expenditure by using a panel of 151 developing and developed countries for the years 2000 to 2015 and four measures of democracy. Our pooled OLS ... to promote human well-being, while autocracies rather care about the well-being of the societal group which has political power and other elites whose loyalty needs to be ensured (Acemoglu and

The dynamic effects of aid and taxes on government spending

the long-run and short-run taxes have a stronger association with expenditures than aid. Central to this heterogeneous relationship is the political calculus between aid and tax—measured according to ... accountability and bureaucratic costs-whereby recipients offset the political costs of raising taxes against the political costs of receiving more aid. Once measures of political costs are incorporated into the

A Story of Stories: An Asian American Philosophy of Engagement

teenagers on Friday, I struggled with initiating political discussion. They did not talk about the imperative racialization of Asian Americans, but the immediate struggles of their lives. They did not even ... the pretension of writing a philosophy of engagement centered around my own personal narrative, but that is an aspect of my perspective that I will always have to grapple with, reflect upon and learn

Reframing and the Power of Resistance: A Case of Self-Reflection

, and rationality. Second, there is the symbolic frame, which often conveys the symbols, rituals, and ceremonies that create meaning and belief. Third, the political frame discusses power, conflict ... transferring their culture to the new generation. A Political Analysis Enlightened, like some other private schools, suffered from scarcity of resources, power relations, and divergent interests that

Political competitiveness and the private–public structure of public expenditure: a model and empirics for the Indian States

expenditure across the Indian states. These states vary widely in their socioeconomic characteristics while sharing a common political heritage based on parliamentary government. New measures of public ... accounting practices in an Online Appendix. The empirical analysis shows that the degree of privateness in India's more developed states falls substantially with greater political competition and with rising

Pigou in the 21st Century: a tribute on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Economics of Welfare

wholesale skepticism concerning the political viability of Pigouvian pricing is at odds with its recent practical achievements. These two points are made by, first, outlining the theoretical and political ... . Page , E. A. ( 2011 ). Cashing in on climate change: political theory and global emissions trading . Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy , 14 , 259 - 279 . Pahle , M

A Renaissance in Making: New Theory, New Philosophy, and New Research and Teaching Concepts

A Renaissance in Making: New Theory, New Philosophy and New Research and Teaching Concepts.

Editorial: A Silent Prayer

hire and train teachers who believe in this philosophy. The Haberman method seems to enhance the learning environment. Gamze Erdem Coşgun, in the article “Pre-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL ... , goals, and rationality. A symbolic structure often conveys rituals and ceremonies, and a political frame provides for power, conflict, networks, and building coalitions. The author urges educational

Meaning and Uniqueness of Ethics and Ethical Teacher Behaviors in the Teaching Profession

the boundary of public and private space. Finally, suggestions for improving professional teaching ethics, which can be evaluated in professional, individual, social, organizational, and political ... , organizational, and political. Participants stated that qualified training should be given to prospective teachers and teachers professionally and ethically through activities such as theoretical courses

Political Parties, Elections and Election Systems by Etem Aziri

differences between them. Classification of political parties according to the author, can be based on different criteria ranging from philosophy and political, to the political programs of up to parliamentary ... treatment of political parties as a global phenomenon. In 2004 published the book "Political parties and democracy", while two years "Sociology of political parties" - in modified version. This book differs

VAT pass-through: the case of a large and permanent reduction in the market for menstrual hygiene products

, especially given the highly political campaign surrounding the tax cut, which suggested that the previous VAT rate negatively discriminated against women. Therefore, retailers rounded down prices to avoid ... ://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.101990 Miklos-Thal, J., & Shaffer, G. (2021). Pass-through as an economic tool: On exogenous competition, social incidence, and price discrimination. Journal of Political

A comprehensive approach to intergovernmental grants’ tactical allocation. Theory and estimation guidelines

Political economy literature highlights the tactical use of intergovernmental grants for electoral purposes; however, it provides different mechanisms and explanations behind these patterns. In this ... government, and the extent to which citizens attribute local expenditure to the direct action of the local government vs the central government (local political appropriability). In addition, our model also

Climate policy and optimal public debt

explaining the accumulation of public debt, like the political economy models by, e.g., Persson and Svensson (1989) , Tabellini and Alesina (1990) and Woo (2003) , and normative studies investigating ... . ( 1979 ). On the determination of the public debt . Journal of Political Economy , 87 ( 5 ), 940 - 971 . Barro , R. J. ( 1989 ). The Ricardian approach to budget deficits . Journal of Economic Perspectives

Too complex to digest? Federal tax bills and their processing in US financial markets

sophistication in political texts, whereas the introduction of various additional text features only marginally improves the predictive capacity. 6 We explain the choice of the signing date over, for instance, the ... , spanning from medicine to psychology, also including many studies in economics (e.g., Jansen, 2011a) and political science (e.g., Schoonvelde et al., 2019) . The FK index is calculated as follows: 0.39

Government debt, European Institutions and fiscal rules: a synthetic control approach

Rate Mechanism (ERM II) for two years before joining the euro. rather than relative political power, governing ideology or diffusion. The European Commission has the mandate to propose sanctions on ... on political and qualitative aspects. For example, Terziev et al. (2018 ) summarise the history of the SGP and how the different adjustments since 1997 have affected the content of the agreement

Do policies and institutions matter for pre-tax income inequality? Cross-country evidence

of institutional quality—e.g., state development, corruption, or political exclusion—mediate the relationship between top income shares and economic policy, in particular for trade openness and ... economic policies. I focus on the role of political institutions. Consequently, throughout the paper, the term institutional quality refers to institutional features that reflect their degree of

Revenue vs expenditure based fiscal consolidation: the pass-through from federal cuts to local taxes

municipalities. We find a pass-through mechanism by which local governments react to the contraction of intergovernmental grants by mainly increasing taxes rather than reducing spending. From a political economy ... macroeconomics and political economics show that the output effect of fiscal consolidation depends on its composition, as the choice of increasing revenues vs cutting expenditure is not neutral from both an