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Erosion of state power, corruption control, and political stability
(25.02.2020)
BOFIT Discussion Papers 5/2020
BOFIT Discussion Papers 5/2020
How do corruption and the state apparatus interact, and how are they connected to the political and economic dimensions of state capacity? Motivated by historians' analysis of powerful empires, we build a model that ...
How do individual politicians affect privatization? Evidence from China
(01.09.2020)
BOFIT Discussion Papers 21/2020
BOFIT Discussion Papers 21/2020
This paper investigates how politicians’ patronage connections affect privatizations in China. The connections to top political leaders (i.e., Central Committee of the Communist Party of China) make local politicians engage ...
Who profits from windfalls in oil tax revenue? Inequality, protests, and the role of corruption
(25.01.2022)
BOFIT Discussion Papers 2/2022
BOFIT Discussion Papers 2/2022
We investigate the relationship between oil windfalls and income inequality using the subnational data of one of the resource-richest and most unequal countries in the world – Russia. While previous literature produced ...