Browsing Working Papers by Subject "H41"

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    Title: Voting, Lobbying, and the Decentralization Theorem  Author(s): LOCKWOOD, Ben Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper revisits the fiscal "decentralization theorem", by relaxing the role of the assumption that governments are benevolent, while retaining the assumption of policy uniformity. If instead, decisions are made by ...
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    Title: Behavioural Effects of Obligations  Author(s): GALBIATI, Roberto; VERTOVA, Pietro Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: How formal rules affect human behaviour is a crucial issue in economics. Formal rules are defined as obligations backed by incentives. The economic literature has largely focused on the role of incentives in shaping ...