Small Is Beautiful, at Least in High-Income Democracies : The Distribution of Policy-Making Responsibility, Electoral Accountability, and Incentives for Rent Extraction

Small Is Beautiful, at Least in High-Income Democracies : The Distribution of Policy-Making Responsibility, Electoral Accountability, and Incentives for Rent Extraction

Why is there significant variation in rent extraction among high-income democracies? A large number of political economy investigations into this research question have found that a long period of democratic rule and high per capita income are asso...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ABUSE
ACCOUNTABILITY
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
BRIBERY
BUREAUCRACY
CAPITALISM
CETERIS PARIBUS
CIVIL LIBERTIES
CIVIL SOCIETY
CONFIDENCE
CONSTITUENTS
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION PERCEPTION
CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX
CPI
CPI SCORE
CPI SCORES
DECISION TREE
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCRETION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
ECONOMICS
ELECTION
ELECTIONS
ELECTORAL PROCESS
ELECTORATES
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPECTED VALUE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FREE MEDIA
FREE PRESS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GRAFT
INCOME
INCUMBENT
INFLATION
INVESTIGATIONS
LAWS
LOBBYING
LOBBYISTS
MARGINAL UTILITY
MEDIA
MORAL HAZARD
OFFICE HOLDERS
OPTIMIZATION
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLITICAL CONTROL
POLITICAL CORRUPTION
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL LIFE
POLITICIAN
POLITICIANS
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PRICE CONTROLS
PRIVATE GAIN
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
REGRESSION ANALYSES
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REGULATORY BURDEN
RENT SEEKING
RENTS
TARIFF BARRIERS
TAX
TAX REVENUE
TAXATION
TRADE-OFF
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UTILITY FUNCTION
VOTERS
WAGES
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17151026/small-beautiful-least-high-income-democracies-distribution-policy-making-responsibility-electoral-accountability-incentives-rent-extraction
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12197

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17151026/small-beautiful-least-high-income-democracies-distribution-policy-making-responsibility-electoral-accountability-incentives-rent-extraction
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12197

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