Search Results - subject:"Partisan"

Drought-reliefs and Partisanship

Fons-Rosen, Christian; Boffa, Federico; Piolatto, Amedeo; … - 2022

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“Masks do not work”: COVID-19 misperceptions and theory-driven corrective strategies on Facebook

Borah, Porismita; Kim, Sojung; Hsu, Ying-Chia (Louise) - In: Online Information Review 47 (2022) 5, pp. 880-905

main purposes of the current study are to examine the effects of (1) partisan media (2) credibility perceptions and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014967222

Government ideology and monetary policy in OECD countries

Cahan, Dodge; Dörr, Luisa; Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

We examine the extent to which government ideology has influenced monetary policy in OECD countries since the 1970s. In line with important changes in the global economy and differences across countries, regression results yield heterogeneous inferences depending on the time period and the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018240

Government ideology and monetary policy in OECD countries

Cahan, Dodge; Dörr, Luisa; Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

We examine the extent to which government ideology has influenced monetary policy in OECD countries since the 1970s. In line with important changes in the global econ-omy and differences across countries, regression results yield heterogeneous infer-ences depending on the time period and the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019138

The Urban-Rural Gap in Health Care Infrastructure – Does Government Ideology Matter?

Potrafke, Niklas; Rösel, Felix - 2019

Spatial inequalities in publicly provided goods such as health care facilities have substantial socioeconomic effects. Little is known, however, as to why publicly provided goods diverge among urban and rural regions. We exploit narrow parliamentary majorities in German states between 1950 and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019142

The Real Estate Transfer Tax and Government Ideology: Evidence from the German States

Krause, Manuela; Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

Since 2007 the German state governments have been allowed by a constitutional reform to set real estate transfer tax rates. We exploit this reform and investigate whether government ideology predicts the levels and increases in the real estate transfer tax rates. The results show that leftwing...

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The urban-rural gap in health care infrastructure - does government ideology matter?

Potrafke, Niklas; Roesel, Felix - 2019

Spatial inequalities in publicly provided goods such as health care facilities have substantial socio-economic effects. Little is known, however, as to why publicly provided goods diverge among urban and rural regions. We exploit narrow parliamentary majorities in German states between 1950 and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052753

Did Partisan voters spoil the country? A randomized-thought experiment

Barham, Victoria; Demeze-Jouatsa, Ghislain-Herman; … - 2019

We study the effect of strategic and partisan voting on electoral outcomes, and on the relative popularity of the … victor. Voters are randomly assigned to be partisan or strategic. When all voters are strategic in a plurality election, any … equilibrium manipulation of the outcome elects a popular leader. Voting populations with a large proportion of partisan voters are …

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Partisan bias in inflation expectations

Bachmann, Oliver; Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2019

We examine partisan bias in inflation expectations. Our dataset includes inflation expectations of the New York Fed … based on how partisans respond to changes in the White House's occupant (partisan bias). The results also corroborate the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012158017

Partisan Bias in Inflation Expectations

Bachmann, Oliver; Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2019

We examine partisan bias in inflation expectations. Our dataset includes inflation expectations of the New York Fed … based on how partisans respond to changes in the White House’s occupant (partisan bias). The results also corroborate the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141105