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Workers of the World, Unite! Franchise Extensions and the Threat of Revolution in Europe, 1820-1938
Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard; Jensen, Peter S. - 2021
This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat of revolution, as suggested by Acemoglu and Robinson [Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, 1167-1199, 2000]. We approximate the threat of revolution in a given country by revolutionary events...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316021
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Central Bank Boards around the World: Why does Membership Size Differ?
Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker; Lybek, Tonny - CESifo - 2007
This paper analyzes empirically differences in the size of central bank boards across countries. Defining a board as the body that changes monetary instruments to achieve a specified target, we discuss the possible determinants of a board’s size. The empirical relevance of these factors is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181616
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Central Bank Boards Around the World : Why Does Membership Size Differ?
Berger, Helge - 2013
This paper analyzes empirically differences in the size of central bank boards across countries. Defining a board as the body that changes monetary instruments to achieve a specified target, we discuss the possible determinants of a board's size. The empirical relevance of these factors is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754018
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European Identity and Redistributive Preferences
Costa-Font, Joan - 2015
Europe. We draw upon data from the last three decades of waves of the European Values Survey and we examine the impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013019851
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Which Conflicts Can the European Neighbourhood Policy Help Resolve?
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2012
Under what conditions can the European Neighbourhood Policy achieve one of its main objectives: to resolve conflicts in the European Union's neighbourhood? In the spirit of Montesquieu and Monnet, the basic hypothesis of the EU is that closer economic integration encourages governments to take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104253
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Does Political Knowledge Increase Support for Europe? A Cross Country Investigation of the Attitudes of European Citizens
Cerniglia, Floriana; Pagani, Laura - 2021
We study the impact of political knowledge on the attitudes of European citizens towards the possible distribution of responsibilities between European level institutions and national governments in three policy areas: foreign policy, defence and immigration policy. The hypothesis tested is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316058
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Democratic Tipping Points
Ciccone, Antonio - 2018
democratization. I think of situations where this is a possibility as democratic tipping points. The transitory events I focus on are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919235
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A Lipsetian Theory of Democratization : Development, Education, Inequality, and Resources
Boucekkine, Raouf - 2017
The paper reexamines Lipset's theory of democratization, by distinguishing the role of (economic) development from that … explanation of the positive relationship between economic development, education, and democratization, and of the negative … relationship between inequality and democratization. Furthermore, we obtain new insights on the resources-curse hypothesis and on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963389
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Aleatoric Democracy
Frey, Bruno S. - 2017
Democracy usually is identified by the right to vote. However, in recent times voting procedures have been criticized, as they seemingly do not guarantee that all parts of the population have an adequate voice in the established political process. We suggest invigorating an old but nearly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964771
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A Theory of Trade Policy Under Dictatorship and Democratization
Zissimos, Ben - 2017
This paper develops a new model of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization. The paper makes two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945109