influencing the policy choice by changing the political institutions in the target country (with or without a civil war). We …In an interconnected world, economic and political interests inevitably reach beyond national borders. Since policy … policy actions in other sovereign countries to their advantage. Foreign influence is a strategic choice aimed at …

unleashing technological change and through rituals, legal institutions, political economy, and conflict. Synthesizing a disjoint …, societal norms, and institutions. Religion affects physical capital accumulation by influencing thrift and financial …

Rain affects electoral turnout both through a direct effect on the cost of voting and by changing the opportunity cost …. In a panel of Norwegian municipalities I find that rain on Election Day increases turnout. As turnout affects electoral … outcomes, rain provides an exogeneous source of variation, and hence an instrument, for the party composition of the municipal …

declined and business uncertainty increased only when the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic led to domestic policy changes: The …, business perceptions hardly reacted to any other potential source of information: Firms did not learn from foreign policy … expectations and uncertainty, albeit to a much lesser extent than the domestic policy changes. …

the Belgian lockdown policy is negative for low valuations of life years lost. The gains of extending the Belgian lockdown … policy are negative even for high valuation of life. …

proposed policy mix can control the increase in cannabis consumption post-legalization and throttle the illegal market. The … opted for legalization, leaving room for the black market to flourish. Analyzing the compatibility of several policy goals …