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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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Beyond Covid : pandemics and the economics of aging and longevity
Strulik, Holger; Grossmann, Volker - 2024
socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes. We also explore the individual-specific effects of Long Covid. We develop and … calibrate a health economic model based on principles of the biology of human aging that captures the interaction between … infections and chronic health deficits. Our analysis suggests that neglecting this interaction leads to a gross underestimation …
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COVID-19 outbreak, social response, and early economic effects : a global VAR analysis of cross-country interdependencies
Milani, Fabio - 2020
responses to domestic and global health shocks are heterogeneous; however, they almost always exhibit delays and sluggish … adjustments. Unemployment responses vary widely across countries. Unemployment is particularly responsive to health shocks in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263745
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Ideological spillovers across the Atlantic? : evidence from Trump's presidential election
Costa-Font, Joan; Ljunge, Martin - 2022
Ideological spillovers refer to the modification of an individual’s core beliefs after learning about other people's beliefs. We study one specific international ideological spillover, namely, the effect of the unexpected election of a United States (US) president (Donald Trump on the 9th of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012806515
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Pacem in terris : are papal visits good news for human rights?
Endrich, Marek; Gutmannn, Jerg - 2022
We analyze the effect of state visits by the Catholic pope on human rights in the host country to understand how a small theocracy like the Vatican can exert disproportionate political influence in international politics. Our theoretical model of the strategic interaction between the Catholic...
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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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Financial policymaking after crises : public vs. private interests
Saka, Orkun; Ji, Yuemei; De Grauwe, Paul - 2021
We first present a simple model of post-crisis policymaking driven by both public and private interests. Using a novel dataset covering 94 countries between 1973 and 2015, we then establish that financial crises can lead to government interventions in financial markets. Consistent with a public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012542146
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Communications technology and terrorism
Mahmood, Rafat; Jetter, Michael - 2018
By facilitating the flow of information in society, communications technology (CT; e.g., newspapers, radio, television, the internet) can help terrorists to (i) spread their message, (ii) recruit followers, and (iii) coordinate among group members. However, CT also facilitates monitoring and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011825226
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Climate change, migration and voice : an explanation for the immobility paradox
Beine, Michel; Noy, Ilan; Parsons, Christopher R. - 2019
This paper sheds light on the apparent paradox, wherein populations adversely affected by climatic conditions fail to migrate as much as would otherwise be expected. Drawing on Hirschman's treatise on Exit, Voice and Loyalty, we develop a simple model, which highlights the theoretical case for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064235
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Geography, institutions, and the making of comparative development
Auer, Raphael A. - 2012
While the direct impact of geographic endowments on prosperity is present in all countries, in former colonies, geography has also affected colonization policies and, therefore, institutional outcomes. Using non-colonized countries as a control group, I re-examine the theories put forward by La...
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