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EU accession : a boon or bane for corruption?
Alfano, Vincenzo; Capasso, Salvatore; Goel, Rajeev K. - 2020
of corruption in a nation after joining the Union has not been formally studied. Any nation that joins the European Union … potentially faces two different and opposite effects on corruption. On the one hand, there are reasons to believe that corruption … is going to decrease because of the efforts of the EU to fight corruption or because of the opening of the markets to …
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Corruption under austerity
Daniele, Gianmarco; Giommoni, Tommaso - 2021
We study how policies limiting the spending capacity of local governments may reduce corruption. We exploit the … both recorded corruption rates and corruption charges per euro spent. This effect emerges only in areas in which the DSP … put a binding cap on municipal capital expenditures. The reduction in corruption is linked to accountability incentives as …
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Impact of income and unemployment on happiness : panel data evidence for European countries
Cimpoeru, Smaranda - In: Applied economics letters 30 (2023) 8, pp. 1047-1051
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Covid-19 and life satisfaction across Europe
Bachmann, Ronald; Gonschor, Myrielle; Korfhage, Thorben; … - In: Applied economics letters 30 (2023) 5, pp. 635-639
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Terrorism and misperceptions : evidence from Europe
Arin, Kerim Peren; Khalil, Umair; Mazrekaj, Deni; Thum, … - 2023
How does exposure to Islamist terrorism change perceptions of the share of Muslims and immigrants? We conduct a large-scale survey that measures misperceptions towards minority groups in four European countries. Our results show that terror attacks in the past increased misperceptions of the...
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Does democracy make taller men? : cross-country European evidence
Batinti, Alberto; Costa-Font, Joan - 2021 - This version: January 2022
We study whether a democracy improves a measure of individual wellbeing; human heights. Drawing on individual-level datasets, we test the hypothesis using a battery of eight different measures of democracy and derived averages, and include models accounting for several confounders, regional and...
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The political economy of international organizations
Dreher, Axel; Lang, Valentin - 2016
We review the literature on the political economy of international organizations (IOs). Considering IOs as products of the preferences of various actors rather than monolithic entities we focus on national politicians, international bureaucrats, interest groups, and voters. By looking into the...
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Socio-economic attitudes in the era of social distancing and lockdowns
Arin, Kerim Peren; Lacomba, Juan A.; Lagos, Francisco; … - 2021
We examine the impact of the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide movement restrictions on socio-economic attitudes in four European countries (France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom). We conducted large-scale surveys while the pandemic rapidly spread before and after...
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Implausible large differences in the sizes of underground economies in highly developed European countries? : a comparison of different estimation methods
Schneider, Friedrich - 2017 - June 6, 2017 - revised version
In this paper, first, the MIMIC estimation method is described and criticized and due to a double counting problem a correction is suggested. Second, the measurement methods used for National Accounts Statistics - the discrepancy method and two new micro survey methods - are described and a...
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Do different estimation methods lead to implausible differences in the size of the non-observed or shadow economies? : a preliminary answer
Schneider, Friedrich - 2021
In this paper, first, six micro (4) and macro (2) estimation approaches are briefly described; they are the National Accounts Statistics discrepancy method and two new micro survey methods, a third one using a combination of company manager surveys and their knowledge to calibrate the size of the...
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