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Divided We Reform? Evidence from US Welfare Policies

Bernecker, Andreas - 2021

Divided government is often thought of as causing legislative deadlock. I investigate the link between divided government and economic reforms using a novel data set on welfare reforms in US states between 1978 and 2010. Panel data regressions show that under divided government a US state is...

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Media, Fake News, and Debunking

Van Long, Ngo - 2018

We construct a Hotelling-type model of two media providers, each of whom can issue fake and/or real news and each of …

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Cautionary Tales : Celebrities, the News Media, and Participation in Tax Amnesties

Garz, Marcel; Pagels, Verena - 2021

This study uses an original state-level data set to investigate whether press coverage on trials for tax evasion by celebrities affects the likelihood that other tax payers participate in Germany’s tax amnesty program. To identify the causal effect, we use exogenous variation in the reporting,...

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Radio and the Rise of the Nazis in Prewar Germany

Adena, Maja; Enikolopov, Ruben; Petrova, Maria; … - CESifo - 2015

How do the media affect public support for democratic institutions in a fragile democracy? What role do they play in a …

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Advertising, Competition and Entry in Media Industries

Crampes, Claude; Haritchabalet, Carole; Jullien, Bruno - CESifo - 2005

This paper presents a model of media competition with free entry when media operators are financed both from … antagonist, is different if media operators impose a price or a quantity to advertisers. When consumers dislike advertising …, media operators are better off setting an advertising price than an advertising quantity. We establish a relationship …

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Size and Development of Tax Evasion in 38 OECD Countries : What Do We (Not) Know?

Buehn, Andreas - 2012

For the first time we develop a time series of tax evasion (in % of official GDP) for 38 OECD countries over the period 1999 to 2010 based on MIMIC model estimations of the shadow economy. Considering indirect taxation and self-employment as the driving forces of tax evasion, we observe a...

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Estimating the Size of the Shadow Economy : Methods, Problems and Open Questions

Schneider, Friedrich - 2013

This paper presents the various methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy, their strengths and weaknesses. The purpose of the paper is twofold. Firstly, it demonstrates that no ideal method to estimate the size and development of the shadow economy exists. Because of its flexibility,...

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Political Stability and Fiscal Policy Time Series Evidence for the Swiss Federal Level Since 1849

Feld, Lars P. - 2009

This paper explores the role of political stability on fiscal policy choices in a time-series analysis over 158 years on the Swiss federal level. We argue that the fiscal-commons problem of public finances is affected by the time-horizon of a finance minister. Arguably, the incentives for an...

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Size and Development of the Shadow Economy and of Do-it-Yourself Activities in Germany

Buehn, Andreas - 2007

This paper presents the first MIMIC (multiple indicator multiple causes) model estimate of the size and development of the shadow economy and of do-it-yourself (DIY) activities in Germany from 1970 to 2005. By 2005, they reached a level of about 17% and 4.94%. While the shadow economy has...

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How Do Governments Fare About Redistribution? New Evidence on the Political Economy of Redistribution

Padovano, Fabio - 2016

We examine whether and to what extent political institutions explain different performances in income redistribution across countries. In particular, we first review available sources of data and measures of income redistribution, discussing the pros and cons of each one. Second, we outline a...

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