Similar Search Results

Online versus offline : which networks spur protests?

Potrafke, Niklas; Rösel, Felix - 2022

Does social media or offline social cohesion overcome collective action problems more effectively when both types of networks are prevalent? We investigate non-violent protests against a place-based economic reform in Austria - a country where one in two citizens uses Facebook but also one in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013383582

Fiscal rules : historical, modern, and sub-national growth effects

Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas - 2020

We examine how fiscal rules influence economic growth. The results show that constitutional fiscal rules promoted growth from the Industrial Revolution until World War II (1789-1950) and also increased modern economic growth (1985-2015). To address selection on unobservables, we conduct a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219378

The global economic impact of politicians : evidence from an international survey RCT

Boumans, Dorine; Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2021

-run and (ii) experts’ uncertainty increased after the election. Our results suggest that exceptional politicians influence …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012417461

Political leaders and macroeconomic expectations : evidence from a global survey experiment

Boumans, Dorine; Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2022

Can one single political leader influence macroeconomic expectations on a global scale? We design a large-scale survey experiment among influential economic experts working in more than 100 countries and use the 2020 US presidential election as a quasi-natural experiment to identify the effect...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013383634

Outside earnings, absence, and activity : evidence from German parliamentarians

Arnold, Felix; Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014

We examine moonlighting by politicians in Germany. In July 2007, the German Supreme Court adjudicated that members of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010383227

Electoral cycles in MPs' salaries : evidence from the German States

Kauder, Björn; Krause, Manuela; Potrafke, Niklas - 2016

Members of parliament (MPs) often decide on their own salaries. Voters dislike self-serving politicians, and … politicians are keen to gratify their voters. In line with the political business cycle theories, politicians thus may well delay … increased by one percent. Politicians can increase their salaries at any point of time in the legislative period: understanding …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517956

Do politicians reward core supporters? : evidence from a discretionary grant program

Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas; Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2016

We investigate whether politicians award intergovernmental grants to core supporters. Our new dataset contains …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541062

Conservative politicians and voting on same-sex marriage

Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2017

We examine whether conservative politicians are less likely to support same-sex marriage when they run for office in … around 1.3 percentage points. We conjecture that politicians are election-motivated - even when submitting roll-call votes on …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742931

Election systems, the "beauty premium" in politics, and the beauty of dissent

Potrafke, Niklas; Rösch, Marcus; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2020

We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates into electoral success? Second, do political parties strategically exploit the "beauty premium" when deciding on which candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219353

Gambling for re-election

Langtry, Alastair; Potrafke, Niklas; Schlepper, Marcel; … - 2024

economic decision-making – is important in politics. We show that politicians ‘gamble for re-election’ in the context of a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014543709