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The growth in military expenditure in Germany 1951 - 2011: did parties matter?
Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2015
We examine whether government ideology was correlated with the growth in military expenditure in Germany over the period 1951-2011. By using various measures of government ideology, the results do not show any effect. The exception is an ideology measure based on the Comparative Manifesto...
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Priority roads : the political economy of Africa's interior-to-coast roads
Bonfatti, Roberto; Gu, Yuan; Poelhekke, Steven - 2019
Africa's interior-to-coast roads are well suited to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are they the optimal response to geography and comparative advantage, or the result of suboptimal political distortions? We investigate the political determinants of road paving in...
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Ideology and dissent among economists : the Joint Economic Forecast of German economic research institutes
Ha Quyen Ngo; Potrafke, Niklas; Riem, Marina; Schinke, … - 2015
Economists, and also economic research institutes, differ in their attitudes towards desirability of economic policies. The policy positions taken can often be determined by ideology. We examine economic policy positions by investigating minority votes in the Joint Economic Forecast of German...
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The economics of politics : patronage and political selection in Italy
Quaresima, Federico; Fiorillo, Fabio - 2016
This article investigates the patronage phenomenon in the italian, so called, Second Republic. In particular, the analysis argues that (ex) members of parliament are appointed to managerial boards in italian (partially) state-owned enterprises responding to political selection rationales....
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The Democratic-Republican presidential growth gap and the partisan balance of the state government
Cahan, Dodge; Potrafke, Niklas - 2017
Higher economic growth was generated during Democratic presidencies compared to Republican presidencies in the United States. The question is why. Blinder and Watson (2016) explain that the Democratic-Republican presidential growth gap (D-R growth gap) can hardly be attributed to the policies...
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Rainy day politics : an instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes
Lind, Jo Thori - 2014
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...
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Affecting public support for economic policies : evidence from a survey experiment about rent control in Germany
Dolls, Mathias; Schüle, Paul; Windsteiger, Lisa - 2023
We conduct a survey experiment among 18,000 respondents in Germany to examine the determinants of support for rent control policies. Highlighting undesirable price and supply effects lowers respondents' agreement with rent control, while pointing out that it can prevent displacement of...
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Innovationen auf Bestellung? Was von einer stärkeren Nachfrageorientierung in der Innovationspolitik zu halten ist
Dauchert, Helge; Harhoff, Dietmar; Llerena, Patrick; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 05, pp. 3-19
Wirtschaftswachstum in Deutschland und international eine neue Dynamik entfaltet. Helge Dauchert, Dietmar Harhoff und Patrick Llerena … Deutschland im Jahr 2008 auf etwa 13% des BIP belief. Generell sehen die Autoren durchaus Potenzial für eine stärkere … Beschaffungswesens in Deutschland und fehlender Anreize für die Beschaffungsverantwortlichen zum Einkauf innovativer Leistungen häufig …
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The political competition-economic performance puzzle : evidence from the OECD countries and the Italian regions
Padovano, Fabio (contributor); Ricciuti, Roberto (contributor) - 2008
Empirical tests of the theories on the relationship between political competition and economic performance generate a puzzle: data tend to support the theory at the lower levels of government, but not in panels of countries. We argue that the larger set of policy instruments reduces the tax...
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Japan - Aufschwung auf fragilem Untergrund
Meurers, Martin - In: ifo Schnelldienst 56 (2003) 21, pp. 42-51
In Japan ist das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt im Jahr 2002 nur um 0,2% gestiegen. Die Arbeitslosenquote lag im Jahresdurchschnitt bei 5,4%, und die Preise sanken - im vierten Jahr in Folge - um 0,9%. In diesem Jahr dürfte das reale BIP um 2,7% expandieren. Auf dem Arbeitsmarkt wird sich keine...
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