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George Mason University → Economics Department → Center for the Study of Public Choice (CSPC)

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Working papers

2026

  1. Fabio Padovano & Asya Pugliano, 2026, "Public subsidies and repertoire originality in Italian theatres: a panel data analysis," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05619147, DOI: 10.1007/s10824-026-09587-z.

2025

  1. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano, 2025, "The cycles of decrees: evidence from the Italian Parliament," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-04933007, DOI: 10.1007/s10657-024-09831-x.
  2. Alessandro Lanteri & Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano, 2025, "Model-Based Clustering to Detect Patterns in the Italian Parliament Decrees Issuing," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05305014, Jun, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-95995-0_70.
  3. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2025, "Rent seeking at the margin? Theory and evidence from unesco’s world heritage list," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05305273, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-025-09477-0.
  4. Fabio Padovano & Youssoufa Sy, 2025, "Decentralization, politics and political legislation cycles: a test on Italian regions," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05419337, DOI: 10.1007/s10657-025-09861-z.
  5. Fabio Padovano & Youssoufa Sy, 2025, "Conditional political legislation cycles," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05423986, Oct, DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2025.106305.

2024

  1. Jolevski, Filip & Nayyar, Gaurav & Pleninger, Regina & Yu, Shu, 2024, "Spillovers in ICT Adoption from Formal to Informal Firms : Evidence from Zambia," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 10757, Apr.
  2. Hoy, Christopher Alexander & Jolevski, Filip & Obeyesekere, Anthony, 2024, "Revealing Tax Evasion : Experimental Evidence from a Representative Survey of Indonesian Firms," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 10857, Jul.
  3. Isabelle Cadoret & Fabio Padovano, 2024, "Explaining the stringency of environmental policies: Domestic determinants or international policy coordination?," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-04721443, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2024.102596.
  4. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2024, "Soft-power and pro-European bias in the UNESCO World Heritage List? A test based on ICOMOS experts’ evaluations of colonial sites," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-04834031, Nov, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-024-01248-z.

2023

  1. Amin,Mohammad & Jolevski,Filip & Islam,Asif Mohammed, 2023, "The Resilience of SMEs and Large Firms in the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Decomposition Analysis," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 10562, Sep.
  2. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano, 2023, "Evaluating the quality of UNESCO World Heritage List: a comparison with the Baedeker's guidebooks," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-04388046, DOI: 10.1007/s10824-023-09493-8.
  3. Fabio Padovano & Pauline Mille, 2023, "Education, fake news and the Political Budget Cycle," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2023-01-ccr, Jun.

2022

  1. Filip Jolevski & Sanja Madzarevic-Sujster, 2022, "COVID-19- A Struggling Recovery for the Private Sector in North Macedonia," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 37746, Jul.
  2. Aberra,Adam & Aga,Gemechu A. & Jolevski,Filip & Karalashvili,Nona, 2022, "Understanding Informality : Comprehensive Business-Level Data and Descriptive Findings," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 10208, Oct.
  3. Aga,Gemechu A. & Francis,David C. & Jolevski,Filip & Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis & Wimpey,Joshua Seth, 2022, "Surveying Informal Businesses : Methodology and Applications," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 9905, Jan.
  4. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2022, "More is worse: the evolution of quality of the UNESCO World Heritage List and its determinants," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-03554241, DOI: 10.1007/s10824-021-09439-y.

2021

  1. Muzi,Silvia & Jolevski,Filip & Ueda,Kohei & Viganola,Domenico, 2021, "Productivity and Firm Exit during the COVID-19 Crisis : Cross-Country Evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 9671, May.
  2. Isabelle Cadoret & Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2021, "Environmental taxation: Pigouvian or Leviathan?," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-02544523, Mar, DOI: 10.1007/s40812-020-00149-8.
  3. F. Lagona & Fabio Padovano, 2021, "How does legislative behavior change when the country becomes democratic? The case of South Korea," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-03225568, Sep, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102026.

2020

  1. Bosio, Erica & Djankov, Simeon & Jolevski, Filip & Ramalho, Rita, 2020, "Survival of firms during economic crisis," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 118912, May.
  2. Djankov, Simeon & Jolevski, Filip, 2020, "The post-communist transition at 30," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 118920, Feb.
  3. Isabelle Cadoret & Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2020, "How do governments actually use environmental taxes?," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-02875118, Oct, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1761536.
  4. Fabio Padovano & Francesco Scervini & Gilberto Turati, 2020, "Comparing governments' efficiency at supplying income redistribution," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-02958623, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-020-09314-6.
  5. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2020, "More is worse: Decreasing marginal quality of the Unesco World Heritage list," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2020-01-ccr, Jan.
  6. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2020, "Is beauty defined by victors? An analysis of colonial sites of the UNESCO WHL," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2020-04-ccr, Dec.

2019

  1. Jerg Gutmann & Fabio Padovano & Stefan Voigt, 2019, "Perception vs. Experience: Explaining Differences in Corruption Measures Using Microdata," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 8027.

2018

  1. Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2018, "How defense shapes the institutional organization of states," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-01717980, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-018-0516-6.
  2. Isabelle Cadoret & Fabio Padovano, 2018, "Derterminants and consequences of the stringency of environmental policies: an empirical test," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2018-04-ccr, Nov.

2017

  1. Fabio Padovano & Nicolas Gavoille, 2017, "Legislative Cycles in a Semipresidential System," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-01683979, Sep, DOI: 10.1628/093245617X14810164221319.
  2. Benoît LE MAUX & Kristýna DOSTÁLOVÁ & Fabio PADOVANO, 2017, "Ideology and Public Policies: A Quasi-Experimental Test of the Hypothesis that Left-Wing Governments Spend More," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2017-01-ccr, Jan.
  3. Benoît Le Maux & Kristýna Dostálová & Fabio Padovano, 2017, "Ideology or Voters? A Quasi-Experimental Test of Why Left-Wing Governments Spend More," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2017-05-ccr, Oct.

2016

  1. Fabio Padovano & Francesco Scervini & Gilberto Turati, 2016, "How do Governments Fare about Redistribution? New Evidence on the Political Economy of Redistribution," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 6137.
  2. Isabelle Cadoret & Fabio Padovano, 2016, "The political drivers of renewable energies policies," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-01290360, Mar, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.03.003.

2015

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Francis M. Mwega & Njuguna Ndung'u, 2015, "The African Lions: Kenya country case study," WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER), number wp-2015-134.
  2. Nadia Fiorino & Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2015, "How long does it take for government decentralization to affect corruption?," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-01109291, DOI: 10.1007/s10101-015-0156-y.
  3. Nadia Fiorino & Nicolas Gavoille & Fabio Padovano, 2015, "Rewarding judicial independence: Evidence from the Italian Constitutional Court," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-01183207, Aug, DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2015.05.002.
  4. Francesco Lagona & Antonello Maruotti & Fabio Padovano, 2015, "Multilevel multivariate modelling of legislative count data, with a hidden Markov chain," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-01246575, Jun, DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12089.
  5. Isabelle CADORET & Fabio PADOVANO, 2015, "The Political Economy of Renewable Energies," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2015-01-ccr, Jan.

2014

  1. Fabio Padovano, 2014, "Distribution of transfers and soft budget spending behaviors: evidence from Italian regions," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00911854, Oct, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-013-0119-1.
  2. Fabio Padovano & Ilaria Petrarca, 2014, "Are the responsibility and yardstick competition hypotheses mutually consistent?," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00911855, Jun, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2013.09.006.
  3. Nicolas GAVOILLE & Jean-Michel JOSSELIN & Fabio PADOVANO, 2014, "What do you know about your mayor? Voters’ information and jurisdiction size," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2014-01-ccr, Jun, revised Aug 2015.

2013

  1. Tessa Bold & Mwangi Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Alice Ng'ang'a & Justin Sandefur, 2013, "Scaling-up What Works: Experimental Evidence on External Validity in Kenyan Education," CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford, number 2013-04.
  2. Bold, Tessa & Kimenyi, Mwangi & Mwabu, Germano & Sandefur, Justin, 2013, "Can free provision reduce demand for public services ? evidence from Kenyan education," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 6685, Nov.
  3. Fabio Padovano & Ronald Wintrobe, 2013, "The Dictatorship of the Popes," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00846717, DOI: 10.1111/kykl.12026.
  4. Fabio Padovano, 2013, "Parliaments," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00908692, DOI: 10.4337/9781849806039.00021.
    • Fabio Padovano, 2013, "Parliaments," Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing, chapter 10, in: William F. Shughart II & Laura Razzolini & Michael Reksulak, "The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition".
  5. Fabio Padovano & Ilaria Petrarca, 2013, "When and how politicians take 'scandalous' decisions?," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00911850, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-013-9145-8.
  6. Jean-Michel Josselin & Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2013, "Grant legislation vs. political factors as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors. Comparison between Italian and French regions," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00920780.
  7. Fabio Padovano & Nicolas Gavoille, 2013, "The Dual Political Legislation Cycle in France," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2013-02-ccr, Jan, revised Jun 2014.

2012

  1. Bold, Tessa & Kimenyi, Mwangi & Mwabu, Germano & Ng’ang’a, Alice & Sandefur, Justin, 2012, "Scaling up education interventions in Kenya: the importance of institutions," PEP Policy Briefs, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), number 159927, Dec, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.159927.
  2. Nadia Fiorino & Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2012, "Do Fiscal Decentralization and Government Fragmentation Affect Corruption In Different Ways? Evidence from a Panel Data Analysis," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, number paper1217, Mar.
  3. Fabio Padovano, 2012, "The drivers of interregional policy choices: Evidence from Italy," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00667964, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2012.01.003.
  4. Jean-Michel Josselin & Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2012, "Fiscal rules vs. political culture as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00706980, May.
  5. John Ashworth & Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2012, "Decentralization as a constraint to Leviathan: a panel cointegration analysis," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00718320, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-012-9962-8.
  6. Fabio Padovano, 2012, "Are we witnessing a paradigm shift in the analysis of political competition?," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00852585, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-012-9920-5.
  7. Fabio Padovano, 2012, "Fairness and decentralization : a tale of two countries," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00908634.
  8. Francesco Lagona & Antonello Maruotti & Fabio Padovano, 2012, "The opposite Cycles of Laws and Decrees," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2012-01-ccr, Mar.
  9. Fabio Padovano & Gilberto Turati, 2012, "Redistribution through a "Leaky Bucket". What explains the Leakages?," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2012-03-ccr, Apr.
  10. Fabio Padovano & Ilaria Petrarca, 2012, "A Theory of Cyclical Production of Laws and Decrees," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2012-09-ccr, Apr.
  11. Fabio Padovano & Ronald Wintrobe, 2012, "Theocracy is just another Form of Dictatorship: Theory and Evidence from the Papal Regimes," Economics Working Paper Archive (University of Rennes & University of Caen), Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREM), University of Rennes, University of Caen and CNRS, number 201302, Dec.

2011

  1. Tessa Bold, Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Justin Sandefur, 2011, "Why Did Abolishing Fees Not Increase Public School Enrollment in Kenya?- Working Paper 271," Working Papers, Center for Global Development, number 271, Nov.
  2. Tessa Bold, Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Justin Sandefur, 2011, "The High Return to Private Schooling in a Low-Income Country- Working Paper 279," Working Papers, Center for Global Development, number 279, Dec.
  3. Tessa Bold & Mwangi Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Justin Sandefur, 2011, "Does Abolishing Fees Reduce School Quality? Evidence from Kenya," CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford, number 2011-04.
  4. Fabio Padovano, 2011, "The strategic interactions between central and local governments and their impact on local public finances," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00603193, Mar.
  5. Fabio Padovano & Nadia Fiorino, 2011, "Strategic delegation and "judicial couples" in the Italian Constitutional Court," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00661513, DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2012.01.002.
  6. Ilaria Petrarca & Fabio Padovano, 2011, "From Taxes to Politics, from Politics to Taxes: Evidence of Yardstick Competition in the Italian Municipalities," Economics Working Paper from Condorcet Center for political Economy at CREM-CNRS, Condorcet Center for political Economy, number 2011-01-ccr, Jul.
  7. Fabio Padovano, 2011, "Causes and Consequences of Bailing out Expectations of Subcentral Governments: Theory and Evidence from the Italian Regions," Economics Working Paper Archive (University of Rennes & University of Caen), Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREM), University of Rennes, University of Caen and CNRS, number 201128, Oct.

2010

  1. Fabio Padovano & Nadia Fiorino, 2010, ""...and I now pronounce you justice president and justice reporter". Creation and dissolution of judical couples in the italian constitutional court," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00554787, Sep.
  2. Fabio Padovano & Alessandro Petretto, 2010, "Public Choice and Political Economy," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00559616.

2008

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & William F. Shughart II, 2008, "The Political Economy of Constitutional Choice: A Study of the 2005 Kenyan Constitutional Referendum," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-08, Mar.
  2. Michael Bratton & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2008, "Voting in Kenya: Putting Ethnicity in Perspective," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-09, Mar.
  3. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Roxana Gutierrez Romero, 2008, "Tribalism as a Minimax-Regret Strategy: Evidence from Voting in the 2007 Kenyan Elections," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-35, Jun.
  4. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Roxana Gutierrez Romero, 2008, "Identity, Grievances, and Economic Determinants of Voting in the 2007 Kenyan Elections," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2008-38, Sep.
  5. Fabio Padovano & Roberto Ricciuti, 2008, "The Political Competition-Economic Performance Puzzle: Evidence from the OECD Countries and the Italian Regions," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 2411.

2007

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2007, "Institutional Infrastructure to Support 'Super Growth' in Kenya: Governance Thresholds, Reversion Rates and Economic Development," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2007-32, Sep.

2006

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2006, "Economic Reforms and Pro-Poor Growth: Lessons for Africa and other Developing Regions and Economies in Transition," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2006-02, Feb.
  2. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2006, "The Demand for Power Diffusion: A Case Study of the 2005 Constitutional Referendum Voting in Kenya," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2006-11, Apr.

2005

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2005, "Economic Rights, Human Development Effort and Institutions," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2005-40, Oct.
  2. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu, 2005, "Policy Advice during a Crisis," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2005-41, Sep.
  3. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2005, "Efficiency and Efficacy of Kenya's Constituency Development Fund: Theory and Evidence," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2005-42, Apr.
  4. Angelica E. Njuguna & Stephen N. Karingi & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2005, "Measuring Potential Output and Output Gap and Macroeconomic Policy: The Case of Kenya," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2005-45, Oct.
  5. Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2005, "Sustainability and Determinants of Italian Public Deficits before and after Maastricht," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 1391.

2004

  1. Damiano Kulundu Manda & Germano Mwabu & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2004, "Human Capital Externalities and Private Returns to Education in Kenya," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2004-08, Apr.
  2. Rob Vos & Arjun Bedi & Paul K. Kimalu & Damiano K. Manda & Nancy N. Nafula & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2004, "Achieving Universal Primary Education: Can Kenya Afford it?," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2004-47, Dec.

2003

  1. Bedi, A.S. & Kimalu, P. & Kimenyi, M.S. & Manda, D.K. & Mwabu, G. & Nafula, N., 2003, "User charges and utilisation of health services in Kenya," ISS Working Papers - General Series, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague, number 19140, Aug.
  2. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2003, "Ethnicity, Governance and the Provision of Public Goods," Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, number 2003-49, Apr.

2001

  1. Geda, A. & de Jong, N. & Mwabu, G. & Kimenyi, M.S., 2001, "Determinants of poverty in Kenya : a household level analysis," ISS Working Papers - General Series, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague, number 19095, Aug.

1995

  1. Richard N. Langlois & amd David J. Denault & Samson M. Kimenyi, 1995, "Bursting Boilers and the Federal Power Redux: The Evolution of Safety on the Western Rivers," Economic History, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 9503002, Mar.

Journal articles

2026

  1. Padovano, Fabio & Sy, Youssoufa, 2026, "Conditional political legislation cycles," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, volume 85, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2025.106305.
  2. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2026, "Rent seeking at the margin? Theory and evidence from UNESCO World Heritage List," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 37, issue 2, pages 275-301, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-025-09477-0.

2025

  1. Jolevski, Filip & Nayyar, Gaurav & Pleninger, Regina & Yu, Shu, 2025, "Spillovers in ICT adoption from formal to informal firms: Evidence from Zambia," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, volume 177, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103549.
  2. Mohammad Amin & Filip Jolevski & Asif M. Islam, 2025, "What contributes to SME vs. large firm resilience to economic crisis in developing countries? A decomposition analysis based on the COVID-19 shock," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 69, issue 6, pages 3511-3545, December, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-025-02737-w.
  3. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano, 2025, "The cycles of decrees: evidence from the Italian Parliament," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, volume 59, issue 1, pages 133-178, February, DOI: 10.1007/s10657-024-09831-x.
  4. Fabio Padovano & Youssoufa Sy, 2025, "Decentralization, politics and political legislation cycles: a test on Italian regions," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, volume 60, issue 3, pages 443-482, December, DOI: 10.1007/s10657-025-09861-z.
  5. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano, 2025, "Evaluating the quality of UNESCO World Heritage List: a comparison with the Baedeker’s guidebooks," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, volume 49, issue 1, pages 23-47, March, DOI: 10.1007/s10824-023-09493-8.
  6. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2025, "Soft-power and pro-European bias in the UNESCO World Heritage List? A test based on ICOMOS experts’ evaluations of colonial sites," Public Choice, Springer, volume 204, issue 3, pages 425-456, September, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-024-01248-z.

2024

  1. Cadoret, Isabelle & Padovano, Fabio, 2024, "Explaining the stringency of environmental policies: Domestic determinants or international policy coordination?," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 85, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2024.102596.

2023

  1. Silvia Muzi & Filip Jolevski & Kohei Ueda & Domenico Viganola, 2023, "Productivity and firm exit during the COVID-19 crisis: cross-country evidence," Small Business Economics, Springer, volume 60, issue 4, pages 1719-1760, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-022-00675-w.
  2. Martina Dattilo & Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2023, "More is worse: the evolution of quality of the UNESCO World Heritage List and its determinants," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, volume 47, issue 1, pages 71-96, March, DOI: 10.1007/s10824-021-09439-y.

2021

  1. Lagona, Francesco & Padovano, Fabio, 2021, "How does legislative behavior change when the country becomes democratic? The case of South Korea," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 69, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102026.
  2. Fabio Padovano & Francesco Scervini & Gilberto Turati, 2021, "Comparing governments’ efficiency at supplying income redistribution," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 32, issue 1, pages 68-97, March, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-020-09314-6.
  3. Isabelle Cadoret & Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2021, "Environmental taxation: Pigouvian or Leviathan?," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, volume 48, issue 1, pages 37-51, March, DOI: 10.1007/s40812-020-00149-8.

2020

  1. Gutmann, Jerg & Padovano, Fabio & Voigt, Stefan, 2020, "Perception vs. experience: Explaining differences in corruption measures using microdata," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 65, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101925.
  2. Benoît Le Maux & Kristýna Dostálová & Fabio Padovano, 2020, "Ideology or voters? A quasi-experimental test of why left-wing governments spend more," Public Choice, Springer, volume 182, issue 1, pages 17-48, January, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-019-00666-8.
  3. Isabelle Cadoret & Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2020, "How do governments actually use environmental taxes?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 52, issue 48, pages 5263-5281, October, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1761536.

2018

  1. Bold, Tessa & Kimenyi, Mwangi & Mwabu, Germano & Ng’ang’a, Alice & Sandefur, Justin, 2018, "Experimental evidence on scaling up education reforms in Kenya," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, volume 168, issue C, pages 1-20, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.08.007.
  2. Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2018, "How defense shapes the institutional organization of states," Public Choice, Springer, volume 175, issue 1, pages 111-134, April, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-018-0516-6.

2017

  1. Fabio Padovano & Nicolas Gavoille, 2017, "Legislative Cycles in a Semipresidential System," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, volume 173, issue 3, pages 470-497, September, DOI: 10.1628/093245617X14810164221319.
  2. Jennis J. Biser, 2017, "Property Rights Versus Rent-Seeking Politics: A Public Choice Perspective," Journal for Economic Educators, Middle Tennessee State University, Business and Economic Research Center, volume 17, issue 2, pages 1-17, Fall.

2016

  1. Cadoret, Isabelle & Padovano, Fabio, 2016, "The political drivers of renewable energies policies," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 56, issue C, pages 261-269, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.03.003.

2015

  1. Tessa Bold & Mwangi Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Justin Sandefur, 2015, "Can Free Provision Reduce Demand for Public Services? Evidence from Kenyan Education," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, volume 29, issue 2, pages 293-326.
  2. Francesco Lagona & Antonello Maruotti & Fabio Padovano, 2015, "Multilevel multivariate modelling of legislative count data, with a hidden Markov chain," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, volume 178, issue 3, pages 705-723, June.
  3. Fiorino, Nadia & Gavoille, Nicolas & Padovano, Fabio, 2015, "Rewarding judicial independence: Evidence from the Italian Constitutional Court," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, volume 43, issue C, pages 56-66, DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2015.05.002.
  4. Nadia Fiorino & Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2015, "How long does it take for government decentralization to affect corruption?," Economics of Governance, Springer, volume 16, issue 3, pages 273-305, August, DOI: 10.1007/s10101-015-0156-y.

2014

  1. Padovano, Fabio & Petrarca, Ilaria, 2014, "Are the responsibility and yardstick competition hypotheses mutually consistent?," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 34, issue C, pages 459-477, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2013.09.006.
  2. Fabio Padovano, 2014, "Distribution of transfers and soft budget spending behaviors: evidence from Italian regions," Public Choice, Springer, volume 161, issue 1, pages 11-29, October, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-013-0119-1.
  3. Jennis Biser, 2014, "Law-and-economics: why Gordon Tullock prefers Napoleon Bonaparte over the Duke of Wellington; and why he may end up on St. Helena," Public Choice, Springer, volume 158, issue 1, pages 261-279, January, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-013-0083-9.

2013

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2013, "Introduction: Accountability and Service Delivery in Africa," Journal of African Development, African Finance and Economic Association (AFEA), volume 15, issue 1, pages 11-17.
  2. Tessa Bold & Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Justin Sandefur, 2013, "Public and Private Provision of Education in Kenya," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, volume 22, issue suppl_2, pages -56, August.
  3. Fabio Padovano & Ronald Wintrobe, 2013, "The Dictatorship of the Popes," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, volume 66, issue 3, pages 365-377, August.
  4. Fabio Padovano & Ilaria Petrarca, 2013, "When and how politicians take ‘scandalous’ decisions?," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 24, issue 4, pages 336-351, December, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-013-9145-8.
  5. John Ashworth & Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2013, "Decentralization as a constraint to Leviathan: a panel cointegration analysis," Public Choice, Springer, volume 156, issue 3, pages 491-516, September, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-012-9962-8.
  6. Fabio Padovano, 2013, "Are we witnessing a paradigm shift in the analysis of political competition?," Public Choice, Springer, volume 156, issue 3, pages 631-651, September, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-012-9920-5.
  7. Jean-Michel Josselin & Fabio Padovano & Yvon Rocaboy, 2013, "Grant legislation vs. political factors as determinants of soft budget spending behaviors. Comparison between Italian and French regions," European Journal of Comparative Economics, Cattaneo University (LIUC), volume 10, issue 3, pages 317-354, December.

2012

  1. Padovano, Fabio & Fiorino, Nadia, 2012, "Strategic delegation and “judicial couples” in the Italian Constitutional Court," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, volume 32, issue 2, pages 215-223, DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2012.01.002.
  2. Padovano, Fabio, 2012, "The drivers of interregional policy choices: Evidence from Italy," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 28, issue 3, pages 324-340, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2012.01.003.
  3. Jennis J. BISER & Jeffrey A. EDWARDS, 2012, "Civil Liberties and Access to Water: Analysis of 193 Countries," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, volume 12, issue 1.

2011

  1. Kimenyi, Mwangi S., 2011, "Institutions and development: the primacy of microanalysis," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, volume 7, issue 4, pages 549-553, December.
  2. Olu Ajakaiye & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2011, "Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa: Introduction and Overview," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, volume 20, issue suppl_3, pages -13, August.
  3. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2011, "Contribution of Higher Education to Economic Development: A Survey of International Evidence," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, volume 20, issue suppl_3, pages -49, August.
  4. Jeffrey A. Edwards & Jennis J. Biser, 2011, "The interactive effect of remittances and civil liberties on investment and consumption," International Journal of Development Issues, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 10, issue 1, pages 20-33, April, DOI: 10.1108/14468951111123319.

2010

  1. Mwangi Kimenyi & William Shughart, 2010, "The political economy of constitutional choice: a study of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 21, issue 1, pages 1-27, March, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-008-9062-4.

2009

  1. Fabio Padovano, 2009, "The time-varying independence of Italian peak judicial institutions," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 20, issue 3, pages 230-250, September, DOI: 10.1007/s10602-008-9067-z.
  2. Fabio Padovano & Roberto Ricciuti, 2009, "Political competition and economic performance: evidence from the Italian regions," Public Choice, Springer, volume 138, issue 3, pages 263-277, March, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9358-y.

2008

  1. Mwangi Kimenyi, 2008, "Mark Gradstein and Kai A. Konrad (Eds.) Institutions and Norms in Economic Development," Public Choice, Springer, volume 135, issue 3, pages 497-499, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9262-x.
  2. Francesco Lagona & Fabio Padovano, 2008, "The political legislation cycle," Public Choice, Springer, volume 134, issue 3, pages 201-229, March, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9219-0.

2007

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2007, "Markets, Institutions And Millennium Development Goals," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, volume 27, issue 2, pages 14-19, June, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2007.00725.x.
  2. Francesco Lagona & Fabio Padovano, 2007, "A nonlinear principal component analysis of the relationship between budget rules and fiscal performance in the European Union," Public Choice, Springer, volume 130, issue 3, pages 401-436, March, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9095-z.
  3. Nadia Fiorino & Fabio Padovano & Grazia Sgarra, 2007, "The Determinants of Judiciary Independence: Evidence from the Italian Constitutional Court (1956-2002)," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, volume 163, issue 4, pages 683-705, December.

2006

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Germano Mwabu & Damiano Kulundu Manda, 2006, "Human Capital Externalities and Private Returns to Education in Kenya," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, volume 32, issue 3, pages 493-513, Summer.
  2. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2006, "Ethnicity, Governance and the Provision of Public Goods," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, volume 15, issue 1, pages 62-99, April.
  3. Charles Rowley & Jennis Taylor, 2006, "The Israel and Palestine land settlement problem: An analytical history, 4000 B.C.E.–1948 C.E," Public Choice, Springer, volume 128, issue 1, pages 41-75, July, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9044-x.
  4. Charles Rowley & Jennis Taylor, 2006, "The Israel and Palestine land settlement problem, 1948–2005: An analytical history," Public Choice, Springer, volume 128, issue 1, pages 77-90, July, DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9045-9.

2004

  1. Bruno Bises & Fabio Padovano, 2004, "Government Grants to Private Cultural Institutions–The Effects of a Change in the Italian Legislation," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, volume 28, issue 4, pages 303-315, November, DOI: 10.1007/s10824-004-3973-3.
  2. Russell S. Sobel & Jennis J. Taylor, 2004, "The Last 30 Years of Public Choice: An Analysis of Author and Institution Rankings," Public Choice, Springer, volume 120, issue 3_4, pages 331-352, September.

2003

  1. Germano Mwabu & Mwangi Kimenyi & Paul Kimalu & Nancy Nafula & Damiano Manda, 2003, "Predicting Household Poverty: A Methodological Note with a Kenyan Example," African Development Review, African Development Bank, volume 15, issue 1, pages 77-85.
  2. Augustin Kwasi Fosu & Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Njuguna S. Ndung'u, 2003, "Economic Reforms and Restructuring in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, volume 12, issue Supplemen, pages 1-11, September.
  3. Fabio Padovano & Grazia Sgarra & Nadia Fiorino, 2003, "Judicial Branch, Checks and Balances and Political Accountability," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 14, issue 1, pages 47-70, March, DOI: 10.1023/A:1022347908667.
  4. Fabio Padovano & Emma Galli, 2003, "Corporatism, policies and growth," Economics of Governance, Springer, volume 4, issue 3, pages 245-260, November, DOI: 10.1007/s10101-002-0061-z.

2002

  1. Kimenyi, Mwangi S. & Mbaku, John Mukum, 2002, "Reply," Labour Economics, Elsevier, volume 9, issue 6, pages 815-817, December.
  2. Padovano, Fabio & Galli, Emma, 2002, "Comparing the growth effects of marginal vs. average tax rates and progressivity," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 18, issue 3, pages 529-544, September.
  3. Galli, Emma & Padovano, Fabio, 2002, "A Comparative Test of Alternative Theories of the Determinants of Italian Public Deficits (1950-1998)," Public Choice, Springer, volume 113, issue 1-2, pages 37-58, October.

2001

  1. Padovano, Fabio & Venturi, Larissa, 2001, "Wars of Attrition in Italian Government Coalitions and Fiscal Performance: 1948-1994," Public Choice, Springer, volume 109, issue 1-2, pages 15-54, October.
  2. Padovano, Fabio & Galli, Emma, 2001, "Tax Rates and Economic Growth in the OECD Countries (1950-1990)," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, volume 39, issue 1, pages 44-57, January.
  3. Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2001, "Direct and Indirect Effects of Corporatism on Economic Growth," Rivista di Politica Economica, SIPI Spa, volume 91, issue 5, pages 5-32, June.

2000

  1. Sebastiano Bavetta & Fabio Padovano, 2000, "A Model of the Representation of Interests in a Compound Democracy," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, volume 11, issue 1, pages 5-25, March, DOI: 10.1023/A:1009010715599.

1998

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 1998, "Harmonizing Ethnic Claims in Africa: A Proposal for Ethnic-Based Federalism," Cato Journal, Cato Journal, Cato Institute, volume 18, issue 1, pages 43-63, Spring/Su.
  2. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 1998, "United States," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , volume 555, issue 1, pages 225-225, January, DOI: 10.1177/0002716298555001021.

1996

  1. Kimenyi, Mwangi S. & Mbaku, John Mukum, 1996, "Rents, military elites, and political democracy," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 11, issue 4, pages 699-708, April.

1995

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Robert D. Tollison, 1995, "The Length of Legislative Sessions and the Growth of Government," Rationality and Society, , volume 7, issue 2, pages 151-155, April, DOI: 10.1177/1043463195007002003.

1993

  1. Kimenyi, Mwangi S & Mbaku, John M, 1993, "Rent-Seeking and Institutional Stability in Developing Countries," Public Choice, Springer, volume 77, issue 2, pages 385-405, October.

1991

  1. Mwangi Kimenyi, 1991, "Race, amenities, and psychic income," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, volume 20, issue 1, pages 49-58, September, DOI: 10.1007/BF02689902.
  2. John Conlon & Mwangi Kimenyi, 1991, "Attitudes towards race and poverty in the demand for private education: The case of Mississippi," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, volume 20, issue 2, pages 5-22, December, DOI: 10.1007/BF02689924.

1990

  1. Kimenyi, Mwangi S & Lee, Jooh & Shughart, William F, II, 1990, "Price-Cost Margins and Industry Structure in Developing Countries: The Case of Korea," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, volume 42, issue 3, pages 197-210, July.
  2. Kimenyi, Mwangi S. & Tollison, Robert D. & Wagner, Richard E., 1990, "Regulatory finance in alternative models of regulation : General fund financing versus earmarked taxation," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 6, issue 4, pages 519-529.
  3. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Dwight R. Lee & Robert D. Tollison, 1990, "Efficient Lobbying and Earmarked Taxes," Public Finance Review, , volume 18, issue 1, pages 104-113, January, DOI: 10.1177/109114219001800107.

1989

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 1989, "Interest Groups, Transfer Seeking and Democratization: Competition for the Benefits of Governmental Power May Explain African Political Instability," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, volume 48, issue 3, pages 339-349, July, DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1989.tb03186.x.
  2. Mwangi Kimenyi & William Shughart, 1989, "Political successions and the growth of government," Public Choice, Springer, volume 62, issue 2, pages 173-179, August, DOI: 10.1007/BF00124333.

1988

  1. Kimenyi, Mwangi S. & Shughart, William II & Tollison, Robert D., 1988, "Affirmative action and unemployment," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 4, issue 4, pages 479-490.
  2. Mwangi Kimenyi, 1988, "Review," Public Choice, Springer, volume 57, issue 3, pages 295-296, June, DOI: 10.1007/BF00124813.

1986

  1. Wayne Brough & Mwangi Kimenyi, 1986, "On the inefficient extraction of rents by dictators," Public Choice, Springer, volume 48, issue 1, pages 37-48, January, DOI: 10.1007/BF00239558.

Books

2008

  1. Fabio Padovano & Roberto Ricciuti (ed.), 2008, "Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective," Springer Books, Springer, number 978-0-387-72141-5, ISBN: ARRAY(0x75a1e0d8), DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72141-5.

2007

  1. Fabio Padovano, 2007, "The Politics and Economics of Regional Transfers," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 4058, ISBN: ARRAY(0x9460fe48).

Chapters

2020

  1. Erica Bosio & Filip Jolevski & Joseph Lemoine & Rita Ramalho, 2020, "Survival of firms in developing economies during economic crisis," CEPR Press Book Chapters, Centre for Economic Policy Research, chapter 1, in: Simeon Djankov & Ugo Panizza, "COVID-19 in Developing Economies".

2013

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi & Olumide Taiwo, 2013, "Tribal systems," Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing, chapter 12, in: William F. Shughart II & Laura Razzolini & Michael Reksulak, "The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition".
  2. Fabio Padovano, 2013, "Parliaments," Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing, chapter 10, in: William F. Shughart II & Laura Razzolini & Michael Reksulak, "The Elgar Companion to Public Choice, Second Edition".
    • Fabio Padovano, 2013, "Parliaments," Post-Print, HAL, number halshs-00908692, DOI: 10.4337/9781849806039.00021.
  3. Nadia Fiorino & Emma Galli & Fabio Padovano, 2013, "Do fiscal decentralization and government fragmentation affect corruption in different ways? Evidence from a panel data analysis," Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing, chapter 5, in: Santiago Lago-Peñas & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, "The Challenge of Local Government Size".

2009

  1. Ronald Wintrobe & Fabio Padovano, 2009, "Theocracy, Natural Spiritual Monopoly, and Dictatorship," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, chapter 4, in: Mario Ferrero & Ronald Wintrobe, "The Political Economy of Theocracy", DOI: 10.1057/9780230620063_5.
  2. Emma Galli & Veronica Grembi & Fabio Padovano, 2009, "Would You Trust an Italian Politician? Evidence from Italian Regional Politics," Studies in Public Choice, Springer, chapter 0, in: Louis M. Imbeau, "Do They Walk Like They Talk?", DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89672-4_7.

2008

  1. Fabio Padovano, 2008, "Setting House Taxes by Italian Municipalities: What the Data Say," Springer Books, Springer, chapter 0, in: Fabio Padovano & Roberto Ricciuti, "Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective", DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72141-5_6.
  2. Fabio Padovano, 2008, "Thirty Years of Reforms to Budget Rules in Italy: An Econometric Evaluation," Springer Books, Springer, chapter 0, in: Fabio Padovano & Roberto Ricciuti, "Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective", DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72141-5_8.

2005

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2005, "Ethnicity, Institutions of Governance and Conflict Avoidance," International Economic Association Series, Palgrave Macmillan, chapter 4, in: Augustin Kwasi Fosu & Paul Collier, "Post-Conflict Economies in Africa", DOI: 10.1057/9780230522732_4.

1998

  1. Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 1998, "Ethnic Rent-Seeking, Stability and Institutional Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa," International Economic Association Series, Palgrave Macmillan, chapter 18, in: Silvio Borner & Martin Paldam, "The Political Dimension of Economic Growth", DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26284-7_18.

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