362 research outputs found
Committee Influence Over Controversial Policy: The Reproductive Policy Case
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/74678/1/j.1541-0072.1999.tb01964.x.pd
Sub-National Revenue Mobilization in Latin America and Caribbean Countries: The Case of Venezuela
Revenue decentralization, central oversight and the political budget cycle : evidence from Israel
This paper examines whether revenue decentralization and direct external
financial supervision affect the incidence and strength of political budget
cycles, using a panel of Israeli municipalities during the period 1999-2009.
We find that high dependence on central government transfersâas
reflected in a low share of locally raised revenues in the municipalityâs
budgetâexacerbates political budget cycles, while tight
monitoringâexercised through central government appointment of
external accountants to debt accumulating municipalitiesâeliminates
them. These results suggest that political budget cycles can result from
fiscal institutions that create soft budget constraints: that is, where
incumbents and rational voters can expect that the costs of pre-election
expansions will be partly covered later by the central government
Formal Fiscal Restraints and Budget Processes as Solutions to a Deficit and Spending Bias in Public Finances: US Experience and Possible Lessons for EMU
The Presidency and the Executive Branch in Latin America: What We Know and What We Need to Know
The presidential politics literature depicts presidents either as all- powerful actors or figureheads and seeks to explain outcomes accordingly. Th e president and the executive branch are nonetheless usually treated as black boxes, particularly i n developing countries, even though the presidency has evolved into an extremely complex branch of government. While these developments have been studied in the U nited States, far less i s known in other countries, particularly in Latin America, where presi dential systems have been considered the source of all goods and evils. To help close the knowledge gap and explore differences in policymaking characteristics not only between Latin America and the US but also across Latin American countries, this paper s ummarizes the vast literature on the organization and resources of the Executive Branch in the Americas and sets a research agenda for the study of Latin American presidencies.Fil: Bonvecchi, Alejandro. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Departamento de Ciencia PolĂtica y Estudios Internacionales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂŠcnicas; ArgentinaFil: Scartascini, Juan Carlos. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo; Estados Unido
The Human Affectome
Over the last decades, the interdisciplinary field of the affective sciences has seen proliferation rather than integration of theoretical perspectives. This is due to differences in metaphysical and mechanistic assumptions about human affective phenomena (what they are and how they work) which, shaped by academic motivations and values, have determined the affective constructs and operationalizations. An assumption on the purpose of affective phenomena can be used as a teleological principle to guide the construction of a common set of metaphysical and mechanistic assumptionsâa framework for human affective research. In this capstone paper for the special issue âTowards an Integrated Understanding of the Human Affectomeâ, we gather the tiered purpose of human affective phenomena to synthesize assumptions that account for human affective phenomena collectively. This teleologically-grounded framework offers a principled agenda and launchpad for both organizing existing perspectives and generating new ones. Ultimately, we hope Human Affectome brings us a step closer to not only an integrated understanding of human affective phenomena, but an integrated field for affective research
The Politics of Federalism in Argentina: Implications for Governance and Accountability
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