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  1. 1. Essays on Voting Behavior, Labor Market Policy, and Taxation

    Författare :Henrik Jordahl; Timothy Besley; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Elections; voting behavior; pocketbook voting; self-interest; public interest; intergovernmental grants; vote purchasing; redistribution; central bank independence; labor market reform; credibility; flexibility; inflation; unemployment; rigidities; horizontal equity; optimal taxation; heterogeneous preferences; utilitarianism; Nationalekonomi; val; röstningsbeteende; plånboksröstning; egenintresse; allmänintresse; statsbidrag till kommuner; röstköp; omfördelning; centralbanksoberoende; arbetsmarknadsreform; trovärdighet; flexibilitet; inflation; arbetslöshet; rigiditet; horisontell rättvisa; optimal beskattning; heterogena preferenser; utilitarism; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 investigates the vote motive in Swedish general elections. A theoretical model of rational retrospective voting is tested empirically on pooled cross-sectional and panel data from the Swedish Election Studies between 1985 and 1994 supplemented with time series on inflation and unemployment. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Clientelism, conditional cash transfers, and cross-class coalitions: why governments expand pro-poor redistribution

    Författare :Elin Bergman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; redistribution; clientelism; vote buying; conditional cash transfers; upscale; poor; Latin America; Brazil; mixed methods;

    Sammanfattning : Conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) allow poor households and individuals access to income support in return for investments in health and education. Originally adopted in Brazil and Mexico in the late 1990s, CCTs are now present in developing countries across the world. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Institutions and Inequality

    Författare :Ann-Sofie Isaksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; institutions; social divisions; parameter heterogeneity; redistribution preferences; fairness;

    Sammanfattning : The paper “Social divisions and institutions: Considering cross-country institutional parameter heterogeneity” investigates the hypothesis that the association between property rights institutions and economic performance is weaker in countries with high social divisions, as measured in terms of ethnic fractionalisation and income inequality. The results of the empirical estimations support this hypothesis and indicate that it could have some relevance for explaining identified regional variation in the institutional parameter. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Prosocial Behavior and Redistributive Preferences

    Författare :Manja Gärtner; Astri Muren; Robert Östling; Olof Johannson-Stenman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This Ph.D. thesis contains four independent essays. The essays are summarized as follows. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Distributive justice and the welfare state

    Författare :Andreas Bergh; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social ekonomi; Social economics; social insurance; welfare state; Redistribution; inequality;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is an attempt to generate knowledge about the justification, measurement and consequences of public redistribution. The first paper poses the following question: How much redistribution from working to non-working can be justified by arguing that external resources are owned jointly by all, or that ownership should ideally be divided equally? This question is analyzed using bargaining theory in a setting with two types who differ in production skill and consumption-leisure preferences. LÄS MER