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A Dynamic Theory of Public Spending, Taxation, and Debt by Battaglini, Marco, Coate, Stephen

“…This paper presents a political economy theory of fiscal policy. Policy choices are made by a legislature that can raise revenues via an income tax and by…”
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The costs and benefits of balanced budget rules: Lessons from a political economy model of fiscal policy by Azzimonti, Marina, Battaglini, Marco, Coate, Stephen

“…This paper analyzes the impact of a balanced budget rule that requires that legislators do not run deficits in the political economy model of Battaglini and…”
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Pareto-Improving Campaign Finance Policy by Coate, Stephen

“…This paper argues that campaign finance policy, in the form of contribution limits and matching public financing, can be Pareto improving even under very…”
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Market Provision of Broadcasting: A Welfare Analysis by Anderson, Simon P., Coate, Stephen

“…This paper presents a theory of the market provision of broadcasting and uses it to address the nature of market failure in the industry. Equilibrium…”
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A Group Rule: Utilitarian Approach to Voter Turnout: Theory and Evidence by Coate, Stephen, Conlin, Michael

“…This paper explores a group rule-utilitarian approach to understanding voter turnout, inspired by the theoretical work of John C. Harsanyi (1980) and Timothy…”
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Fiscal policy over the real business cycle: A positive theory by Barseghyan, Levon, Battaglini, Marco, Coate, Stephen

“…This paper explores the implications of the political economy model of Battaglini and Coate (2008) [8] for the behavior of fiscal policy over the business…”
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The performance of pivotal-voter models in small-scale elections: Evidence from Texas liquor referenda by Coate, Stephen, Conlin, Michael, Moro, Andrea

“…This paper explores the ability of pivotal-voter models to explain voter behavior in small-scale elections using data from Texas liquor referenda. The findings…”
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On the Form of Transfers to Special Interests by Coate, Stephen, Morris, Stephen

“…An important question in political economy concerns the form of transfers to special interests. The Chicago view is that political competition leads…”
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Financing local public projects by Barseghyan, Levon, Coate, Stephen

“…This paper studies the financing of local public projects. The setting is a community with durable housing, undeveloped land available for new homes, and…”
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Community development with externalities and corrective taxation by Barseghyan, Levon, Coate, Stephen

“…Abstract This paper studies the impact of granting a community the authority to tax development when growth imposes negative externalities on existing…”
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Community development by public wealth accumulation by Barseghyan, Levon, Coate, Stephen

“…This paper presents a dynamic political economy model of community development. The model highlights the role of public wealth accumulation in development. A…”
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Inefficiency in Legislative Policymaking: A Dynamic Analysis by Battaglini, Marco, Coate, Stephen

“…This paper develops an infinite horizon model of public spending and taxation in which policy decisions are determined by legislative bargaining. The policy…”
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POLITICAL COMPETITION WITH CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND INFORMATIVE ADVERTISING by Coate, Stephen

“…This paper presents a theory of political competition with campaign contributions and informative political advertising. Policy-motivated parties compete by…”
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EVALUATING THE SOCIAL OPTIMALITY OF DURABLE PUBLIC GOOD PROVISION USING THE HOUSING PRICE RESPONSE TO PUBLIC INVESTMENT by Coate, Stephen, Ma, Yanlei

“…Recent empirical work in public finance uses the housing price response to public investment to assess the efficiency of local durable public good provision…”
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Bureaucrats, voters, and public investment by Barseghyan, Levon, Coate, Stephen

“…This paper explores the provision of a durable public good in Romer and Rosenthal's agenda setter model. It identifies a type of equilibrium, called a…”
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ELECTED VERSUS APPOINTED REGULATORS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE by Besley, Timothy, Coate, Stephen

“…This paper contrasts direct election with political appointment of regulators. When regulators are appointed, regulatory policy becomes bundled with other…”
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Property Taxation, Zoning, and Efficiency in a Dynamic Tiebout Model by Barseghyan, Levon, Coate, Stephen

“…This paper presents a dynamic Tiebout model and uses it to revisit a classic argument in public finance. The argument, due to Hamilton (1975), is that a system…”
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Optimal fiscal limits with overrides by Coate, Stephen, Milton, Ross T.

“…This paper studies optimal fiscal limits in the context of a simple political economy model. A politician chooses the level of taxation for a representative…”
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Peer Preferences, School Competition, and the Effects of Public School Choice by Barseghyan, Levon, Clark, Damon, Coate, Stephen

“…This paper develops a new economic model of public school choice. The key innovation is to model competition between schools in an environment in which parents…”
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Centralized versus decentralized provision of local public goods: a political economy approach by Besley, Timothy, Coate, Stephen

“…This paper takes a fresh look at the trade-off between centralized and decentralized provision of local public goods. It argues that the sharing of the costs…”
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