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Essays on the Political Economy of Redistributive and Allocation Policies in Competitive Democracies. By David Lopez Rodriguez. Download PDF (741 KB) Abstract. This dissertation investigates the political incentives for redistribution of income and allocation policies in competitive democracies. In Chapter 2, I examine incentives for political redistribution through in-kind transfers. By.

Essays on the Political Economy of Education and Income Redistribution by Panu Poutvaara Lic.Soc.Sc. Doctoral dissertation to be presented, by the permission of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki, for public examination, in Auditorium XIV, Unioninkatu 34, on November 17, 2001, at 10 a.m. Helsinki 2001. Preface This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and five.

This dissertation comprises three essays in political economy, presented as separate chapters. They share a focus on labor markets, occupational choice, and the political economy of redistribution and immigration attitudes. Chapter 1 examines the relationship between immigration attitudes and the skills composition of individuals’ occupations. Since immigrants face higher barriers to entry.

Recognizing the unique situation of the US, where the immigrant population is large and the natives have a distinctively individualistic taste for redistribution, this chapter assesses the role of socialization and assimilation by examining the political preferences of first-, second-, and third-generation immigrants with regard to welfare spending. It provides empirical evidence that first.

This thesis comprises three chapters. The first chapter investigates how wealth inequality affects preferences for redistribution and voting behavior. Exploiting house price shocks in England and Wales, it evaluates the effect of wealth inequality on the preferences and voting behavior of homeowners relative to renters. It tests whether homeowners become less supportive of redistribution and.

Some of Nancy Fraser’s own earlier essays stand as significant contributions to this insistence that Marxism is also cultural studies. Rather than oppose political economy to culture, I shall argue, it is both theoretically and politically more productive to pluralize categories and understand them as differently related to particular social groups and issues. Thus the purpose of this essay.

Three Essays on Democracy, Inequality, and Redistribution in Developed Countries Gwang Eun Choi A thesis submitted for the degree of PhD Department of Government University of Essex March 2018. i Summary The purpose of this thesis is to lay the empirical foundations for exploring the dynamics of democracy, inequality, and redistribution in advanced countries. The thesis consists of three main.

This dissertation consists of three essays that sit at the intersection of international trade, political economy and the economics of innovation. It analyzes from a critical perspective the relationship between organized interest groups and international agreements on trade and intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and offers new theoretical insights, which it then supports empirically.

The redistribution paradigm treats such differences as unjust differentials. Far from being the intrinsic properties of groups, they are the socially constructed results of an unjust political economy. From this perspective, accordingly, we should strive to abolish, not recognise, group differences.

Mansour, Sarah (2014) Essays on experimental economics: studying the political economy of the Egyptian transition. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. Massey, James (Researcher in economics) (2014) Essays on the use of commitment and tough negotiation tactics in bargaining.

Analyze the most important political economy theory on redistribution and fiscal policies. Recommended Reading List The course will be primarily based on the reading of recent research academic papers and the in-depth discussion of their theories, empirical methods, and results.