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Conclave
Kwiek, Maksymilian - In: European Economic Review 70 (2014) C, pp. 258-275
A committee is choosing between two alternatives. If the required supermajority is not reached, voting is repeated indefinitely, although there is a cost to delay. Under suitable assumptions the equilibrium analysis provides a sharp prediction. The result can be interpreted as a generalization...
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Chapter 18. Cultural Diversity, Conflict, and Economic Development
Montalvo, Jose G.; Reynal-Querol, Marta - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 2, (pp. 485-506). 2014
distribution of culturally diverse groups affects the outcome. To understand why ethnic diversity affects conflict and economic …
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Egalitarian norms, economic development, and ethnic polarization
Haagsma, Rein; Mouche, Pierre v. - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2013) 3, pp. 719-744
accompanied by polarization and violent conflict. We illustrate this point by describing the processes of land privatization in … communities, including the possibility of polarization. We find that the support of egalitarian norms is notably strong when new …, polarization is strongest when the group with the most lucrative opportunities comprises half the population. …
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Persistent Antimarket Culture: A Legacy of the Pale of Settlement after the Holocaust
Grosfeld, Irena; Rodnyansky, Alexander; Zhuravskaya, … - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 5 (2013) 3, pp. 189-226
We estimate long-term effects of Jewish presence in Europe before World War II, using discontinuity at the border of the "Pale of Settlement" area where Jews were allowed to live in the Russian Empire. Current residents of the Pale have lower support for market, and are less entrepreneurial but...
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Married to Intolerance: Attitudes toward Intermarriage in Germany, 1900-2006
Voigtländer, Nico; Voth, Hans-Joachim - In: American Economic Review 103 (2013) 3, pp. 79-85
We analyze under what conditions intermarriage can be used as an indicator of tolerance, and whether such tolerant attitudes persisted in Germany during the twentieth century. We find strong evidence for the persistence of tolerant attitudes towards intermarriage with Jews. At the same time, our...
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Delegation and Polarization of Platforms in Political Competition
Faulí-Oller, Ramon; Ok, Efe A; Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
variety of circumstances, this, in turn, yields a polarization of equilibrium policy choices of the candidates. It is thus …
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Is polarization bad?
Testa, Cecilia - In: European Economic Review 56 (2012) 6, pp. 1104-1118
The adverse effects of political and social polarization on government policies are empirically well documented, yet … elections in polarized societies contribute to improve quality of government. We consider both polarization among citizens and … political actors (political polarization), where the second is endogenously determined by parties competing to win the support …
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Beyond Work Ethic: Religion, Individual, and Political Preferences
Basten, Christoph; Betz, Frank - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 5 (2013) 3, pp. 67-91
We investigate the effect of Reformed Protestantism, relative to Catholicism, on preferences for leisure, and for redistribution and intervention in the economy. We use a Fuzzy Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design to exploit a historical quasi-experiment in Western Switzerland, where in the...
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The biological standard of living and mortality in Central Italy at the beginning of the 19th century
Coppola, Michela - In: Economics & Human Biology 11 (2013) 4, pp. 453-464
The biological standard of living in Central Italy at the beginning of the 19th century is analyzed using newly collected data on the height of recruits in the army of the Papal States. The results reveal a decline in height for the cohorts born under French rule (1796–1815). Although this...
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Gifts of Mars: Warfare and Europe's Early Rise to Riches
Nico Voigtl?nder; Voth, Hans-Joachim - In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 27 (2013) 4, pp. 165-86
Western Europe surged ahead of the rest of the world long before technological growth became rapid. Europe in 1500 already had incomes twice as high on a per capita basis as Africa, and one-third greater than most of Asia. In this essay, we explain how Europe's tumultuous politics and deadly...
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