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distribution) when inequality is high. We argue that the latter finding corresponds to a system of political capitalism or captured …
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candidates ; policy divergence ; ideology ; voter migration …
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and the ideology of politicians campaigning for the House of Representatives in the 1992-2016 period. Implementing various … polarization measures based on ideology data derived from 16 million campaign finance contributors, our results show that migrant …
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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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This paper describes the role of government ideology on economic policy-making in the United States. I consider studies …, measurement of government ideology and empirical strategies to identify causal effects. Many studies conclude that parties do …, but these studies using data for the national level do not derive causal effects. Ideology-induced policies are prevalent …
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those that were not. When a justice's choice decides the outcome of a case, her ideology plays an even greater role in …
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disentangle the extent to which political ideology and other individual characteristics predict inflation expectations: around 25 …
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Maximizing output without taking into consideration the negative externalities generated, including the harm to the mental and physical health of the population creates psychological stress. Focusing on the bellwether indicators of economic performance including working more, generating income,...
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Divided government is often thought of as causing legislative deadlock. I investigate the link between divided government and economic reforms using a novel data set on welfare reforms in US states between 1978 and 2010. Panel data regressions show that under divided government a US state is...
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