Micael Castanheira

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)

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On the Political Economics of Tax Reforms

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On the Political Economics of Tax Reforms

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3538
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Aug 2011
Micael Castanheira, Gaëtan Nicodème and Paola Profeta
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management and Bocconi University - Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management
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political economy, taxation, personal income tax

On the Political Economics of Tax Reforms

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8507
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Aug 2011
Micael Castanheira, Gaëtan Nicodème and Paola Profeta
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management and Bocconi University
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personal income tax, political economy, taxation

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Why Vote for Losers?

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Why Vote for Losers?

IGIER WP No. 125
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Jun 1998
Micael Castanheira
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Why Vote for Losers?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 24 Jul 2002
Micael Castanheira
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Voting, signalling, Duverger's Law, Poisson Games

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Divided Majority and Information Aggregation: Theory and Experiment

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Divided Majority and Information Aggregation: Theory and Experiment

MPI Collective Goods Preprint, No. 2012/20
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 08 Dec 2012
Laurent Bouton, Micael Castanheira and Aniol Llorente-Saguer
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Queen Mary University of London
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Experiments, Multicandidate Elections, Plurality, Approval Voting

Divided Majority and Information Aggregation: Theory and Experiment

EPSA Annual General Conference 2013
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Jun 2013
Micael Castanheira, Laurent Bouton and Aniol Llorente-Saguer
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Queen Mary University of London
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Divided Majority and Information Aggregation: Theory and Experiment

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9234
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 01 Feb 2013
Laurent Bouton, Micael Castanheira and Aniol Llorente-Saguer
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Queen Mary University of London
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Approval Voting, Experiments, Multicandidate Elections, Plurality

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Information and Strategic Political Polarization

Economic Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Mar 2007
Juan D. Carrillo and Micael Castanheira
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Elections, Information, Moral Hazard

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Party Governance and Political Competition with an Application to the American Direct Primacy

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 May 2005
Micael Castanheira, Benoit Crutzen and Nicolas Sahuguet
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Economics and HEC Montreal - Institute of Applied Economics
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Parties, candidates, internal organization, incentives

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A Theory of Small Campaign Contributions

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A Theory of Small Campaign Contributions

NBER Working Paper No. w24413
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2023
Laurent Bouton, Micael Castanheira and Allan Drazen
Georgetown University - Department of Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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A Theory of Small Campaign Contributions

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12789
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Laurent Bouton, Micael Castanheira and Allan Drazen
Georgetown University - Department of Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Campaign Contributions, Campaign Finance Laws, Electoral Motive, Income inequality

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On the (Non) Paradox of (Not) Voting

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Jan 2002
Micael Castanheira
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Paradox of voting, rational voter hypothesis, Poisson Games

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Platform Divergence, Political Efficiency and the Median Voter Theorem

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Feb 2002
Juan D. Carrillo and Micael Castanheira
University of Southern California - Department of Economics and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Moral hazard, median voter theorem, party competition

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Optimal Information Management: Organizations Versus Markets

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Nov 2003
Micael Castanheira and Mikko Leppämäki
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Aalto University
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Information processing, boundaries of the firm, authority, delegation

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Public Finance and the Optimal Speed of Transition

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Apr 2003
Micael Castanheira
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Transition, subsidies

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Political Regimes, Party Ideological Homogeneity and Polarization

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Aug 2023
Micael Castanheira and Benoît S. Y. Crutzen
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Economics
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parties as brands, political regime, intraparty candidate selection, ideology, polarization

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Electoral Systems and Inequalities in Government Interventions

NBER Working Paper No. w25205
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Garance Genicot, Laurent Bouton and Micael Castanheira
Georgetown University - Department of Economics, Georgetown University - Department of Economics and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Electoral Competition Through Issue Selection

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9012
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Sep 2012
Enriqueta Aragones, Micael Castanheira and Marco Giani
Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) - Insitute for Economic Analysis, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Electoral competition, issue selection and ownership, party strategy, priming, salience

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Market Definition and Competition Policy Enforcement in the Pharmaceutical Industry

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14035
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2019
Micael Castanheira, Carmine Ornaghi and Georges Siotis
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), University of Southampton and Charles III University of Madrid - Department of Economics
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The Unexpected Consequences of Asymmetric Competition. An Application to Big Pharma

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11813
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 Jan 2017
Micael Castanheira, Maria Angeles de Frutos, Carmine Ornaghi and Georges Siotis
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Charles III University of Madrid - Department of Economics, University of Southampton - Division of Economics and Charles III University of Madrid - Department of Economics
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Asymmetric competition, Generic entry, Pharmaceutical industry

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One Person, Many Votes: Divided Majority and Information Aggregation

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6695
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 Jun 2008
Laurent Bouton and Micael Castanheira
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)
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Approval Voting, Information Aggregation, Multicandidate Elections, Poisson Games

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Multicandidate Elections: Aggregate Uncertainty in the Laboratory

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10481
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Mar 2015
Laurent Bouton, Micael Castanheira and Aniol Llorente-Saguer
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Queen Mary University of London
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aggregate uncertainty, experiments, multicandidate elections, plurality, rational-voter model

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The Optimal Speed of Transition: A General Equilibrium Analysis

CEPR Discussion Paper Series Number 1442
Posted: 16 Sep 1999
Micael Castanheira and David Roland-Holst
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Mills College and CEPR

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Restructuring and Capital Accumulation in Transition Economies: A General Equilibrium Perspective

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 1372
Posted: 31 Oct 1997
Micael Castanheira and Gérard Roland
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics

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