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Unemployment and Right-Wing Extremist Crime
Falk, Armin; Zweimüller, Josef - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
Right-wing extremism is a serious problem in many societies. A prominent hypothesis states that unemployment plays a … fact a significant positive relation between unemployment and right-wing criminal activities. We show further that the big … difference in right-wing crime between East and West German states can mostly be attributed to differences in unemployment. This …
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Demokratie , öffentliche Güter und Europa
Mavrozacharakis, Emmanouil - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
The rise of the extreme poles in the European political Spectrum, corresponds currently with a clear call for help by the site of simple People, combined with the desire for a serious confrontation with the tragic impasse reproduced by the extreme Problems of the everyday live . In this case,...
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Evaluating the Dynamic Employment Effects of Training Programs in East Germany Using Conditional Difference-in-Differences
Speckesser, Stefan; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Bergemann, Annette - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
This paper evaluates the effects of Public Sponsored Training in East Germany in the context of reiterated treatments. Selection bias based on observed characteristics is corrected for by applying kernel matching based on the propensity score. We control for further selection and the presence of...
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Why inferential statistics are inappropriate for development studies and how the same data can be better used
Ballinger, Clint - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The purpose of this paper is twofold: 1) to highlight the widely ignored but fundamental problem of ‘superpopulations’ for the use of inferential statistics in development studies. We do not to dwell on this problem however as it has been sufficiently discussed in older papers by...
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One dollar, one vote
Karabarbounis, Loukas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper revisits the relationship between inequality and redistribution in a panel of advanced OECD countries. Using panel data methods that hold constant a variety of determinants of redistributive spending, I find a non-monotonic relationship between pre-tax-and transfer distribution of...
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Please don’t vote for me: strategic voting in a natural experiment with perverse incentives
Spenkuch, Jörg L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Whether individuals vote strategically is one of the most important questions at the intersection of economics and political science. Exploiting a flaw in the German electoral system by which a party may gain seats by receiving fewer votes, this paper documents patterns of strategic voting in a...
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In Search of Optimum "Relative Unanimity"
Cebula, Richard; Kafoglis, Milton - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1982
This paper formulates a simple mathematical framework for the selection of an optimum "relative unanimity” collective decision rule. The approach is first to identify the benefits of moving from a rule of simple majority towards a rule of full unanimity. Then, the costs of moving from simple...
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Towards Effective Emerging Infectious Diseases Surveillance: Evidence from Kenya, Peru, Thailand, and the U.S.­‐Mexico Border
Ear, Sophal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper examines the political economy of emerging infectious disease (EID) surveillance programs. It provides lessons learned for U.S. military medical research laboratories collaborating with developing countries and is comprised of four case studies: Kenya (U.S. Army Medical Research...
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Fact Finding Trips to Italy: An experimental investigation of voter incentives
Rodet, Cortney S. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper addresses the interaction of voter information and seniority on electoral accountability. We test whether information leads voters to be less tolerant of moral hazard in a legislative system favoring seniority. A simple game theoretic model is used to predict outcomes in a pork-barrel...
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Voter Behavior and Seniority Advantage in Pork Barrel Politics
Rodet, Cortney S. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper uses experiments to explore electoral accountability in a legislative system that favors seniority. Voters face a trade-off between pork barrel transfers and policy representation. Term limits are tested as a mechanism to reduce the cost of searching for a legislator who better...
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