European Journal of Political Economy

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Volume 36, issue C, 2014

Consuming your way to efficiency: Public goods provision through non-distortionary tax lotteries pp. 1-12

Thomas Giebe and Paul Schweinzer

Political environment and foreign direct investment: Evidence from OECD countries pp. 13-23

Tomasz P. Wisniewski and Saima K. Pathan

Targeting autocrats: Economic sanctions and regime change pp. 24-40

Manuel Oechslin

The economic determinants of U.S. presidential approval: A survey pp. 41-54

Michael Berlemann and Sören Enkelmann

Do politicians shirk when reelection is certain? Evidence from the German parliament pp. 55-70

Andreas Bernecker

Volatility and growth: Governments are key pp. 71-88

Michael Jetter

Strikes and slowdown in a theory of relational contracts pp. 89-116

Robert Gary-Bobo and Touria Jaaidane

Incumbency effects in government and opposition: Evidence from Germany pp. 117-134

Florian Ade, Ronny Freier and Christian Odendahl

When choosing to be almost certain of winning can be better than choosing to win with certainty pp. 135-146

Avichai Snir

Outside earnings, absence, and activity: Evidence from German parliamentarians pp. 147-157

Felix Arnold, Björn Kauder and Niklas Potrafke

Theoretical vs. empirical power indices: Do preferences matter? pp. 158-176

Harald Badinger, Monika Mühlböck, Elisabeth Nindl and Wolf Heinrich Reuter

Politics and parents — Intergenerational transmission of values after a regime shift pp. 177-194

Sarah Necker and Andrea Voskort

Foreign aid, institutional quality, and growth pp. 195-208

Andrew Young and Kathleen M. Sheehan

Lobbying and the power of multinational firms pp. 209-227

Andreas Polk, Armin Schmutzler and Adrian Müller

Tariff increases over the electoral cycle: A question of size and salience pp. 228-242

Michael Klien

Political support for trade policy in the European Union pp. 243-253

Joseph Francois and Douglas Nelson

A vote at the opera? The political economy of public theaters and orchestras in the German states pp. 254-273

Markus Tepe and Pieter Vanhuysse

Does voter turnout affect the votes for the incumbent government? pp. 274-286

Rodrigo Martins and Francisco Veiga

Political competition and economic growth: A nonlinear relationship? pp. 287-302

Georg Man

Public, or private, providers of public goods? A dynamic general equilibrium study pp. 303-327

George Economides, Apostolis Philippopoulos and Vanghelis Vassilatos

Volume 35, issue C, 2014

Austerity, inequality and politics pp. 1-22

Christoph Schaltegger and Martin Weder

Political support in hard times: Do people care about national welfare? pp. 23-37

Jana Friedrichsen and Philipp Zahn

Local financial development, socio-institutional environment, and firm productivity: Evidence from Italy pp. 38-51

Luigi Moretti

Income, inequality, and the stability of democracy — Another look at the Lipset hypothesis pp. 52-74

Florian Jung and Uwe Sunde

Bureaucratic competition and public corruption: Evidence from transition countries pp. 75-87

Aboubacar Diaby and Kevin Sylwester

Resource blessing, revenue curse? Domestic revenue effort in resource-rich countries pp. 88-101

Ernesto Crivelli and Sanjeev Gupta

The law of survival of the political class: An analysis of the Italian parliament (1946–2013) pp. 102-121

Silvia Fedeli, Francesco Forte and Leone Leonida

Corruption in delegated public procurement auctions pp. 122-127

Krishnendu Dastidar and Diganta Mukherjee

The law of large districts: How district magnitude affects the quality of political representation pp. 128-140

David Stadelmann, Marco Portmann and Reiner Eichenberger

The impact of gender quotas on electoral participation: Evidence from Italian municipalities pp. 141-157

Maria De Paola, Vincenzo Scoppa and Marco Alberto De Benedetto

Rent seeking and the excess burden of taxation pp. 158-167

Nava Kahana and Doron Klunover

Public provision vs. outsourcing of cultural services: Evidence from Italian cities pp. 168-182

Enrico Bertacchini and Chiara Dalle Nogare

Trust, welfare states and income equality: Sorting out the causality pp. 183-199

Andreas Bergh and Christian Bjørnskov

Volume 34, issue C, 2014

Have the euro area and EU governance worked? Just the facts pp. 1-17

Demosthenes Ioannou and Livio Stracca

On the political determinants of the allocation of funds to heritage authorities pp. 18-38

Calogero Guccio and Isidoro Mazza

Strategic redistribution: The political economy of populism in Latin America pp. 39-51

Gabriel Leon

A theory of ethnic diversity and income distribution: A legislative bargaining approach pp. 52-67

Fusako Menkyna

No news is costly news: The link between the diffusion of the press and public spending pp. 68-85

Ilaria Petrarca

Sub-national deficits in European countries: The impact of fiscal rules and tax autonomy pp. 86-110

Dirk Foremny

A study of expressive choice and strikes pp. 111-125

Christa Brunnschweiler, Colin Jennings and Ian MacKenzie

The rain in Spain: Turnout and partisan voting in Spanish elections pp. 126-141

Joaquín Artés

Democracy, inequality and the environment when citizens can mitigate health consequences of pollution privately or act collectively pp. 142-156

Sophie Bernard, Louis Hotte and Stanley Winer

The impact of preferences on early warning systems — The case of the European Commission's Scoreboard pp. 157-166

Tobias Knedlik

Announced vs. surprise inspections with tipping-off pp. 167-183

Emmanuel Dechenaux and Andrew Samuel

Political leaders' socioeconomic background and fiscal performance in Germany pp. 184-205

Bernd Hayo and Florian Neumeier

Ranking alternatives by a fair bidding rule: A theoretical and experimental analysis pp. 206-221

Werner Güth, Maria Levati and Natalia Montinari

Rules and risk in the Euro area pp. 222-236

Anna Iara and Guntram Wolff

Do local governments do it better? Analysis of time performance in the execution of public works pp. 237-252

Calogero Guccio, Giacomo Pignataro and Ilde Rizzo

Electoral competition and endogenous barriers to entry pp. 253-262

Marcus Drometer and Johannes Rincke

Partial tax coordination in a repeated game setting pp. 263-278

Jun-ichi Itaya, Makoto Okamura and Chikara Yamaguchi

Do changes in the rules of the game affect FDI flows in Latin America? A look at the macroeconomic, institutional and regional integration determinants of FDI pp. 279-299

Miguel Eduardo Sánchez-Martín, Rafael de Arce and Gonzalo Escribano

Prospects of upward mobility and preferences for redistribution: Evidence from the Life in Transition Survey pp. 300-314

Alexandru Cojocaru

Fiscal policy, growth, income distribution and sociopolitical instability pp. 315-331

Javier Alcántar-Toledo and Yannis P. Venieris

What triggers reforms in OECD countries? Improved reform measurement and evidence from the healthcare sector pp. 332-352

Rasmus Wiese

Tax competition among European countries. Does the EU matter? pp. 353-371

Michela Redoano

Political corruption, public procurement, and budget composition: Theory and evidence from OECD countries pp. 372-389

Zohal Hessami

The perfect finance minister: Whom to appoint as finance minister to balance the budget pp. 390-408

Beate Jochimsen and Sebastian Thomasius

Partisan influence on social spending under market integration, fiscal pressure and institutional change pp. 409-424

Helmut Herwartz and Bernd Theilen

Social trust and central-bank independence pp. 425-439

Niclas Berggren, Sven-Olov Daunfeldt and Jörgen Hellström

The role of central bank independence on optimal taxation and seigniorage pp. 440-458

Roberto Delhy Nolivos and Guillermo Vuletin

Are the responsibility and yardstick competition hypotheses mutually consistent? pp. 459-477

Fabio Padovano and Ilaria Petrarca