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Voigtlaender, Nico - 2014

Democracy is not an absorbing state; transitions to autocratic rule have been frequent throughout history and often followed periods of instability under democratic rule. In this paper, we ask whether autocrats can win support among voters by showcasing their ability to restore order and to "get...

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Bowling for Fascism : Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party

Satyanath, Shanker - 2013

Social capital is often associated with desirable political and economic outcomes. This paper contributes to the literature exploring the "dark side" of social capital, examining the downfall of democracy in interwar Germany. We collect new data on the density of associations in 229 German towns...

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Persecution Perpetuated : The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany

Voigtlaender, Nico - 2011

How persistent are cultural traits? This paper uses data on anti-Semitism in Germany and finds continuity at the local level over more than half a millennium. When the Black Death hit Europe in 1348-50, killing between one third and one half of the population, its cause was unknown. Many...

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Undergraduate Econometrics Instruction : Through Our Classes, Darkly

Angrist, Joshua D. - 2017

The past half-century has seen economic research become increasingly empirical, while the nature of empirical economic research has also changed. In the 1960s and 1970s, an empirical economist's typical mission was to "explain" economic variables like wages or GDP growth. Applied econometrics...

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What Did UWE Do for Economics?

Avilova, Tatyana; Goldin, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Economics is among the most popular undergraduate majors. However, even at the best research universities and liberal … arts colleges men outnumber women by two to one, and overall there are about 2.5 males to every female economics major. The … Undergraduate Women in Economics (UWE) Challenge was begun in 2015 for one year as a randomized controlled trial with 20 treatment …

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