Essays on experimental economics: studying the political economy of the egyptian transition
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Sarah Mansour
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
University of Warwick (United Kingdom)
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2014
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
0
یادداشتهای مربوط به نشر، بخش و غیره
متن يادداشت
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor;
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جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
University of Warwick (United Kingdom)
امتياز متن
2014
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
This thesis uses economics-style incentivised laboratory experiments to study the effects of the political transformation in Arab Spring Countries (frequent recalling of governments, political and social polarisation, and campaign dynamics of founding elections) on economic outcomes; such as tax compliance, support for painful economic reforms, corruption, and interpersonal trust. The main focus of this thesis is on Egypt, being the largest Arab country in terms of population, historically the most influential in the region, and with a dominant cultural influence felt all over the Arab world. I find the following experimental evidence: (i) Giving citizens the right to recall government officials decreases the level of corruption in government through the increased accountability it imposes on elected politicians. Specifically, corruption is reduced by 14% in the presence of this right (p=0.04). (ii) Empowering citizens with the right to recall government officials was also found to decrease tax compliance by 20% due to the high frequency of divisive elections associated with this newly acquired right in a newly democratised country and the creation of losers who become unsatisfied with the outcome of the election process and thus the psychological costs associated with their incompliance are minimized. (iii) Ideological polarisation in elections can impede economic reform. And that (iv) negative campaigning in elections can impact negatively on the level of interpersonal trust in the society.
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اصطلاح موضوعی
(UMI)AAI10177887;Social sciences
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