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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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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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Does Corruption Erode Trust in Government? Evidence from a Recent Surge of Local Scandals in Spain

Solé-Ollé, Albert; Sorribas-Navarro, Pilar - CESifo - 2014

We examine whether a corruption scandal in which the incumbent is implicated undermines trust in local government. We use a novel dataset containing information on local corruption scandals reported in Spain during the period 1999-2009, and data on the level of trust expressed in local...

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The Political Economy of Financial Systems: Evidence from Suffrage Reforms in the Last Two Centuries

Degryse, Hans; Lambert, Thomas; Schwienbacher, Armin - CESifo - 2013

Initially, voting rights were limited to wealthy elites providing political support for stock markets. The franchise expansion induces the median voter to provide political support for banking development as this new electorate has lower financial holdings and benefits less from the uncertainty...

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Electoral Control when Policies are for Sale

Farvaque, Etienne; Lagadec, Gael - CESifo - 2009

This article analyses the dynamics of electoral promises, building on an electoral competition model with endogenous policies. It extends the Grossman-Helpman (1994) model [Grossman G., Helpman E. [1994], "Protection for sale", American Economic Review, 84, 4, 833-850] to include sanctions from...

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Politics and Trade Policy: An Empirical Investigation

Eicher, Theo; Osang, Thomas - CESifo - 2001

In this paper we examine the empirical relevance of three prominent endogenous protection models. Is protection for sale, or do altruistic policy makers worry about political support? We find strong evidence that protection is indeed "for sale." The important new result is, however, that not...

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A Model of Strategic Delegation in Contests between Groups

Brandauer, Stefan; Englmaier, Florian - CESifo - 2006

We analyze a contest between two groups where group members have differing valuations for the contested rent. Generically the pivotal group member with the median valuation of the rent will not act himself but will want to send a group member that has preferences different to her own into the...

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Walk the Line: Conflict, State Capacity and the Political Dynamics of Reform

Jain, Sanjay; Majumdar, Sumon; Mukand, Sharun - CESifo - 2014

This paper develops a dynamic framework to analyze the political sustainability of economic reforms in developing countries. First, we demonstrate that economic reforms that are proceeding successfully may run into a political impasse, with the reform’s initial success having a negative impact...

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Using Real-Time Data to Test for Political Budget Cycles

Jong-A-Pin, Richard; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Haan, Jakob de - CESifo - 2012

We use real]time annual data on the fiscal balance, government current spending, current revenues and net capital outlays as published at a half yearly frequency in the OECD Economic Outlook for 25 OECD countries. For each fiscal year t we have a number of forecasts, a first release, and...

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Bowling for fascism: social capital and the rise of the Nazi Party

Voigtländer, Nico; Voth, Hans-Joachim; Satyanath, Shanker - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2014

Social capital is often associated with desirable political and economic outcomes. This paper contributes to a growing literature on its "dark side". We examine the role of social capital in the downfall of democracy in interwar Germany. We analyze Nazi Party entry in a cross-section of cities,...

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