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SAMNet

JEL code: D72

Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

Human capital inequality and electoral outcomes in South Africa

This paper examines the nature and evolution of horizontal and vert...

Nonso Obikili, Biniam E. Bedasso

Working Paper

Postliberation Politics: Evidence from Demographic Determinants of South Africa Voting ...

In this paper we examine demographic drivers of South African votin...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Margaux Giannaros

Working Paper

The Impact of Political Competition on Economic Growth: Evidence from Municipalities in...

This paper examines the impact of political competition on economic...

Nonso Obikili

Policy Brief

Political transition in a small open economy: Retracing the economic trail of South Afr...

This paper seeks to offer an economic explanation for the emergence...

Biniam E. Bedasso

Working Paper

Don’t Make War, Make Elections. Franchise Extension and Violence in XIXth-Century Colombia

This paper studies the effect of strengthening democracy, as captur...

Juan F. Vargas, Leopoldo Fergusson

Working Paper

Do rent-seeking and interregional transfers contribute to urban primacy in sub-Saharan ...

We develop an economic geography model where mobile skilled workers...

Alain P. Bala, Kristian Behrens

Working Paper

Ostracism and Common Pool Resource Management in a Developing Country: Young Fishers in...

This paper investigates how the possibility to ostracise, which is ...

Peter Martin, Wisdom Akpalu

Working Paper

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