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2022
Alt J, Jensen A, Larreguy H, Lassen DD, Marshall J. Diffusing Political Concerns: How Unemployment Information Passed between Social Ties Influences Danish Voters. Journal of Politics. 2022;84(1):20.
Alt J, Jensen A, Larreguy H, Lassen DD, Marshall J. Diffusing Political Concerns: How Unemployment Information Passed between Social Ties Influences Danish Voters. Journal of Politics. 2022;84(1):20.
2019
Alt J. Twenty years of transparency research. In: Public Sector Economics 2018 – Fiscal openness: transparency, participation and accountability in fiscal policies. 2019.
Alt J. Twenty years of transparency research. In: Public Sector Economics 2018 – Fiscal openness: transparency, participation and accountability in fiscal policies. 2019.
2018
Alt J, Lassen DD. Fiscal councils and fiscal transparency. In: Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or Lapdogs. London, UK: CEPR Press; 2018. p. 8.
Alt J, Lassen DD. Fiscal councils and fiscal transparency. In: Independent Fiscal Councils: Watchdogs or Lapdogs. London, UK: CEPR Press; 2018. p. 8.
2017
Alt J, Iversen T. Inequality, Labor Market Segmentation, and Preferences for Redistribution. American Journal of Political Science. 2017;61(1):15.
Alt J, Iversen T. Inequality, Labor Market Segmentation, and Preferences for Redistribution. American Journal of Political Science. 2017;61(1):15.
2016
Alt J, Lassen DD, Marshall J. Credible Sources and Sophisticated Voters: When Does New Information Induce Economic Voting? Journal of Politics. 2016;78(8):115.
Alt J, Lassen DD, Marshall J. Credible Sources and Sophisticated Voters: When Does New Information Induce Economic Voting? Journal of Politics. 2016;78(8):115.
2014
Alt J, Lassen DD. Enforcement and Public Corruption: Evidence from the American States. Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization. 2014;30(2):33.
Alt J, Lassen DD. Enforcement and Public Corruption: Evidence from the American States. Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization. 2014;30(2):33.
Alt J, Lassen DD, Wehner J. It Isn’t Just about Greece: Domestic Politics, Transparency and Fiscal Gimmickry in Europe. British Journal of Political Science. 2014;44(4):10.
Alt J, Lassen DD, Wehner J. It Isn’t Just about Greece: Domestic Politics, Transparency and Fiscal Gimmickry in Europe. British Journal of Political Science. 2014;44(4):10.
2011
Alt J, Bueno de Mesquita E, Rose S. Disentangling Accountability and Competence in Elections: Evidence from U.S. Term Limits. The Journal of Politics. 2011;73(1):171–186.
Alt J, Bueno de Mesquita E, Rose S. Disentangling Accountability and Competence in Elections: Evidence from U.S. Term Limits. The Journal of Politics. 2011;73(1):171–186.
We exploit variation in U.S. gubernatorial term limits across states and time to empirically estimate two separate effects of elections on government performance. Holding tenure in office constant, differences in performance by reelectioneligible and term...
2010
Alt J, Lowry R. Transparency and Accountability: Empirical Results for US States. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 2010;22(4):379–406. doi:10.1177/0951629810375641
Alt J, Lowry R. Transparency and Accountability: Empirical Results for US States. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 2010;22(4):379–406. doi:10.1177/0951629810375641
Recent formal models of accountability allow us to make different conditional predictions about how transparency affects voters’ willingness to re-elect incumbents and acceptance of higher taxes. We review two models and investigate empirical implications...
Alt J, Preston I, Sibieta L. The Political Economy of Tax Policy. In: Mirrlees JA, Adam S, editors. Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2010. pp. 1206–1317.
Alt J, Preston I, Sibieta L. The Political Economy of Tax Policy. In: Mirrlees JA, Adam S, editors. Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2010. pp. 1206–1317.
2009
Alt J, Rose S. Context-Conditional Political Budget Cycles. In: Boix C, Stokes SC, editors. Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2009. pp. 845–867.
Alt J, Rose S. Context-Conditional Political Budget Cycles. In: Boix C, Stokes SC, editors. Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2009. pp. 845–867.
This article studies the contextual determinants of incumbents' ability and incentives to engineer political business cycles in American states. It presents a short review of related literature to clarify how and why the theory of political budget cycles...
2007
Alt J, Lassen DD. Political and Judicial Checks on Corruption: Evidence from American State Governments. Economics & Politics. 2007;20(1):33–61.
Alt J, Lassen DD. Political and Judicial Checks on Corruption: Evidence from American State Governments. Economics & Politics. 2007;20(1):33–61.
This paper investigates the effects of checks and balances on corruption. Within a presidential system, effective separation of powers is achieved under a divided government, with the executive and legislative branches being controlled by different...