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How does exposure to Covid-19 influence health and income inequality aversion?

Asaria, Miqdad; Costa-Font, Joan; Cowell, Frank A. - 2021

We study the determinants of individual aversion to health and income inequality in three European countries and the … effects of exposure to COVID-19 including the effect employment, income and health shocks using representative samples of the … population in each country. Comparing levels of health- and income-inequality aversion in the UK between the years 2016 and 2020 …

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World price shocks, income, and democratization

Zissimos, Benjamin - 2015

This paper shows how a world price shock can increase the likelihood that democratization must be used to resolve the threat of revolution. Initially, a ruling elite may be able to use trade policy to maintain political stability. But a world price shock can push the country into a situation...

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The political costs of oil price shocks

Arezki, Rabah; Djankov, Simeon; Nguyen, Ha; Yotzov, Ivan - 2022

We explore the effect of oil import price shocks on political outcomes using a worldwide dataset on elections of chief executives. Oil import price shocks cause a reduction in the odds of reelection of incumbents, an increase in media chatter about fuel prices, and an increase in non-violent...

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Past exposure to macroeconomic shocks and populist attitudes in Europe

Gavresi, Despina; Litina, Anastasia - 2021

This paper explores the interplay between past exposure to macroeconomic shocks and populist attitudes. We document that individuals who experienced a macroeconomic shock during their impressionable years (between 18 and 25 years of age), are currently more prone to voting for populist parties,...

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Understanding the origins of populist political parties and the role of external shocks

Levi, Eugenio; Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven - 2021

We use electoral survey data to examine the impact that two large external shocks had on the development of New Zealand First (NZF), one of the oldest populist parties in the OECD. We find that structural reforms, which led to large negative impacts on particular locations, and immigration...

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How resilient was trade to Covid-19?

Bas, Maria; Fernandes, Ana; Paunov, Caroline - 2022

We examine the supply-side characteristics - unskilled labor, imported input intensity, dependence on inputs from China, production complexity - that determine different potential vulnerabilities of traded products to the COVID-19 pandemic. Relying on monthly exports at the product level by all...

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The political economy of early Covid-19 interventions in US states

Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2022

We investigate how politico-economic factors shaped government responses to the spread of COVID-19. Our simple framework uses epidemiological, economic and politico-economic arguments. Confronting the theory with US state level data we find strong evidence for partisanship even when we control...

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Health expenditures and the effectiveness of Covid-19 prevention in international comparison

Hansen, Jaqueline; Reinecke, Antonia; Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - 2021

lockdowns with a focus on the role of health care based upon both the between and the within-variation of our panel-data. The … the state of the health care system before the crisis. Lockdowns were more efficient in countries with well …-supported health care systems. Marginal effects turn insignificant when per capita health expenditure dips below the mean. We can show …

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Promotion ban and heterogeneity in retail prices during the great lockdown

Hindriks, Jean; Madio, Leonardo; Serse, Valerio - 2021

We study the impact of the Belgium lockdown on retail prices using a unique dataset tracking daily prices and promotions for various products in different stores and retail chains. Two distinctive features of our analysis are the ban on promotions during the first two weeks of the lockdown, and...

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Parents under stress : evaluating emergency childcare policies during the first Covid-19 lockdown in Germany

Schüller, Simone; Steinberg, Hannah S. - 2021

policies did not considerably affect parents' life satisfaction, partnership satisfaction or mental health, they have been …

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