1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910964629203321

Autore

Vardy Felix

Titolo

Corruption, Competition, and Contracts : : A Model of Vote Buying / / Felix Vardy, John Morgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613829115

9781462311477

1462311474

9781452738048

1452738041

9781283516662

1283516667

9781451908077

1451908075

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (23 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

MorganJohn

Soggetti

Corruption

Competition

Administrative Processes in Public Organizations

Associations

Bureaucracy

Clubs

Committees

Corporate crime

Crime

Criminology

Finance

Finance: General

Financial markets

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Models of Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

Positive Analysis of Policy-Making and Implementation

Public finance & taxation

Social Choice

Tax incentives

Taxation

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General



White-collar crime

United Kingdom

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"January 2006."

"IMF Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. The Model""; ""III. Variation in Contracts""; ""A. Contracting on Votes""; ""B. Contracting on Outcomes""; ""C. Contracting on Votes and Vote Shares""; ""IV. Related Literature""; ""V. Conclusions""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

In the presence of competing interest groups, this paper examines how the form of votebuying contracts affects policy outcomes. We study contracts contingent upon individual votes, policy outcomes, and/or vote shares. Voters either care about their individual votes, or about the policy outcome. We find that vote buying is cheaper when what can be contracted upon coincides with what voters care about. Vote buying becomes extremely costly, or even impossible, when there is no such coincidence. Finally, vote buying is extremely cheap, or even free, when contracts can be contingent upon both individual votes and vote shares.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959083103321

Autore

Alkon Paul K (Paul Kent)

Titolo

Science fiction before 1900 : imagination discovers technology / / Paul K. Alkon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-98056-6

0-203-76087-5

1-299-48050-0

1-134-98049-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Genres in context

Disciplina

809.3/876

Soggetti

Science fiction - History and criticism

Fantasy fiction - History and criticism

Science fiction

Fantasy fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First Routledge paperback edition 2002"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; SCIENCE FICTION BEFORE 1900; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chronoloqy; Chapter 1 AShort History of the Future; Chapter 2 England: New Viewpoints; Chapter 3 France: Technophilia; Chapter 4 America: Technophobia; Notes and References; Bibliographic Essay; Recommended Titles; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Paul Alkon analyzes several key works that mark the most significant phases in the early evolution of science fiction, including Frankenstein, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Connecticut Yankee in King arthur's Court and The Time Machine. He places the work in context and discusses the genre and its relation to other kinds of literature.