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作者:University of Barcelona; University of Barcelona; University of Barcelona
摘要:This article analyzes the effects of parliamentary representation on road infrastructure expenditure during the Spanish Restoration. Using a panel data set of Spanish provinces in 1880-1914, we find that the allocation of administrative resources among provinces depended both on the delegation characteristics (such as the share of MPs with party leadership positions, and their degree of electoral independence), and the regime's global search for stability. These results point to the importance...
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作者:Lund University
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作者:University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Amherst
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作者:University of Southern California
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作者:Stanford University
摘要:Douglass North and Barry Weingast's seminal account of the Glorious Revolution argued that specific constitutional reforms enhanced the credibility of the English Crown, leading to much stronger public finances. Critics have argued that the most important reforms occurred incrementally before the Revolution; and that neither interest rates on sovereign debt nor enforcement of property rights improved sharply after the Revolution. In this article, I identify a different set of constitutional re...
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作者:University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
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作者:University of California System; University of California San Diego
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作者:University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
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作者:University of California System; University of California Santa Barbara; National Bureau of Economic Research
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作者:University of California System; University of California Davis