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Inequality, Labor Market Segmentation, and Preferences for Redistribution by Alt, James, Iversen, Torben

“…We formalize and examine two overlapping models that show how rising inequality combined with ethnic and racial heterogeneity can explain why many advanced…”
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Transparency, Political Polarization, and Political Budget Cycles in OECD Countries by Alt, James E., Lassen, David Dreyer

“…We investigate the effects of fiscal transparency and political polarization on the prevalence of electoral cycles in fiscal balance. While some recent…”
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Credible Sources and Sophisticated Voters: When Does New Information Induce Economic Voting? by Alt, James E., Lassen, David D., Marshall, John

“…When does new economic information cause voters to reevaluate the government’s competence and ultimately vote economically? Since politically relevant…”
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Twenty years of transparency research by Alt, James E.

“…Conference keynote…”
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Disentangling Accountability and Competence in Elections: Evidence from U.S. Term Limits by Alt, James, Bueno de Mesquita, Ethan, Rose, Shanna

“…We exploit variation in U.S. gubernatorial term limits across states and time to empirically estimate two separate effects of elections on government…”
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Enforcement and Public Corruption: Evidence from the American States by Alt, James E., Lassen, David Dreyer

“…We use panel data on corruption convictions, new panels of assistant US Attorneys and relative public sector wages, and careful attention to the consequences…”
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Fiscal transparency, political parties, and debt in OECD countries by Alt, James E., Lassen, David Dreyer

“…Many believe and argue that fiscal, or budgetary, transparency has large, positive effects on fiscal performance. However, the evidence linking transparency…”
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Transparency and Accountability: Empirical Results for Us States by Alt, James E., Lowry, Robert C.

“…Recent formal models of accountability allow us to make different conditional predictions about how transparency affects voters’ willingness to re-elect…”
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POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL CHECKS ON CORRUPTION: EVIDENCE FROM AMERICAN STATE GOVERNMENTS by ALT, JAMES E., LASSEN, DAVID D.

“…This paper investigates the effects of checks and balances on corruption. Within a presidential system, effective separation of powers is achieved under a…”
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The Political Economy of Institutions and Corruption in American States by Alt, James E., Lassen, David Dreyer

“…Theoretically, this article draws on political agency theory to formulate hypotheses. Empirically, it shows that political institutions have a role in…”
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Divided Government, Fiscal Institutions, and Budget Deficits: Evidence from the States by Alt, James E., Lowry, Robert C.

“…Does partisan control of American state government have systematic effects on state spending and taxing levels? Does divided control affect the government's…”
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Fiscal Policy Outcomes and Electoral Accountability in American States by Lowry, Robert C., Alt, James E., Ferree, Karen E.

“…Clear fiscal policy effects appear in American state gubernatorial and legislative elections between 1968 and 1992, independent of the effects of incumbency,…”
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A Dynamic Model of State Budget Outcomes under Divided Partisan Government by Alt, James E., Lowry, Robert C.

“…This article analyzes the politics of fiscal adjustment in a bicameral system when parties prefer different scales of taxes and public spending. Data from 33…”
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Fiscal Transparency, Gubernatorial Approval, and the Scale of Government: Evidence from the States by Alt, James E., Lassen, David Dreyer, Skilling, David

“…We explore the effect of the transparency of fiscal institutions in government on the scale of government and gubernatorial approval using a formal model of…”
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Asset Specificity and the Political Behavior of Firms: Lobbying for Subsidies in Norway by Alt, James E., Carlsen, Fredrik, Heum, Per, Johansen, Kåre

“…Previous research into endogenous trade policy has described extensively the political incentives of firms with specific assets, but no studies have shown…”
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It Isn't Just about Greece: Domestic Politics, Transparency and Fiscal Gimmickry in Europe by Alt, James, Lassen, David Dreyer, Wehner, Joachim

“…This article analyzes the political origins of differences in adherence to the fiscal framework of the European Union (EU). It shows how incentives to use…”
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The Political Economy of International Trade: Enduring Puzzles and an Agenda for Inquiry by ALT, JAMES E., FRIEDEN, JEFFRY, GILLIGAN, MICHAEL J., RODRIK, DANI, ROGOWSKI, RONALD

“…A similar set of concepts has been central to the literatures on the formation of trade policy coalitions and the “new economics of institutions”: the…”
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The Politics of Corruption in Dictatorships. By Vineeta Yadav and Bumba Mukherjee. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 323p. $99.99 cloth, $34.99 paper by Alt, James E.

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The Causes of Fiscal Transparency: Evidence from the U.S. States by ALT, James E., Lassen, David Dreyer, Rose, Shanna

“…We use unique panel data on the evolution of transparent budget procedures in the U.S. states over the past three decades to explore the political and economic…”
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A Unified Model of Cabinet Dissolution in Parliamentary Democracies by King, Gary, Alt, James E., Burns, Nancy Elizabeth, Laver, Michael

“…The literature on cabinet duration is split between two apparently irreconcilable positions. The attributes theorists seek to explain cabinet duration as a…”
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