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Does the field of study influence students' political attitudes?
Fischer, Mira; Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2015
of study. These differences can in most cases be attributed to self-selection. A notable exception is economics. Even … though self-selection is also important, training in economics has an unambiguous influence on the political attitudes: by … the time of graduation, economics students are about 6.2 percentage points more likely than they were as freshmen to agree …
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What's worth knowing? : economists' opinions about economics
Falk, Armin; Andre, Peter - 2021
economics as a field does not appreciate and work on what economists collectively prefer. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597287
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Taxation in digital media markets
Kind, Hans Jarle; Köthenbürger, Marko - 2016
Digital media goods and digital media platforms exhibit cost structures and network effects that imply that price and quantity effects of consumption taxes are qualitatively different compared to what we typically find for physical goods. For instance, in most European countries and US states,...
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The intergenerational transmission of risk and trust attitudes
Dohmen, Thomas (contributor); Falk, Armin (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003712501
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Don't raise the retirement age! : an experiment on opposition to pension reforms and East-West differences in Germany
Scheubel, Beatrice; Schunk, Daniel; Winter, Joachim - 2009
For policy reforms to increase a society's welfare, reliable information on people's prefer-ences and expectations is crucial. Representative opinion polls, often involving simplified questions about the complex topics under debate, are an important source of information for both policy-makers...
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The European Union and the member states: which level of government should do what? : An empirical analysis of Europeans' preferences
Cerniglia, Floriana (contributor); Pagani, Laura (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003597972
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Leaky bucket in the real world : estimating inequality aversion using survey data
Pirttilä, Jukka (contributor); Uusitalo, Roope (contributor) - 2007
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Satisfaction with democracy and the environment in Western Europe : a panel analysis
Wagner, Alexander F. (contributor);  … - 2006
We construct a panel of satisfaction with democracy (SWD) and economic, institutional, and environmental variables for 1990-2001 for fifteen European countries. In this sample, controlling for a number of factors, we find that average SWD is higher where (1) there exists an energy / CO2 tax,...
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Who is afraid of school choice?
Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011
This study uses survey data to investigate attitudes among Swiss voters to different models offering more freedom of choice in the educational system. The findings indicate clear opposition to the use of taxpayer money to fund private schools, while free choice between public schools seems to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011170
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Does political knowledge increase support for Europe? : a cross country investigation of the attitudes of European citizens
Cerniglia, Floriana; Pagani, Laura - 2011
We study the impact of political knowledge on the attitudes of European citizens towards the possible distribution of responsibilities between European level institutions and national governments in three policy areas: foreign policy, defence and immigration policy. The hypothesis tested is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011366