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Belonging or estrangement: The European refugee crisis and its effects on immigrant identity

Prömel, Christopher - 2021

This study deals with the impact of the 2015 European Refugee Crisis on the ethnic identity of resident migrants in … that higher shares of refugees in a county increased migrants' attachment to their home countries, while not affecting … consumption of foreign media. Lastly, I find that changes in ethnic identity coincide with the political polarization of migrants …

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An Analysis of Political and Institutional Power Dispersion: The Case of Turkey

Tutar, Ibrahim; Tansel, Aysit - 2011

This study examines the effects of fragmented governments and fiscal authorities on budget deficits in Turkey along with political business cycle effects. For econometric analysis we will use annual data from the period of 1960-2009. This paper sheds light on various dispersion indices and their...

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The employment effects of countercyclical infrastructure investments

Buchheim, Lukas; Watzinger, Martin - 2017

We estimate the causal impact of a sizable German infrastructure investment program on employment at the county level. The program focused on improving the energy efficiency of school buildings, making it possible to use the number of schools as an instrument for investments. We find that the...

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Fiscal Decentralisation and Deficits: International Evidence

Neyapti, Bilin - 2003

The literature on socio economic implications of fiscal decentralization (FD) has recently been expanding, though only very few studies to day have looked at its macroeconomic effects. This paper investigates the relationship between FD and budget deficits. Using various measures of both...

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The Effects Of Fiscal And Monetary Discipline On Budgetary Outcomes

Neyapti, Bilin - 2003

This paper extends the game-theoretic model of Von Hagen and Harden (1995) that analyzes the impact of fiscal discipline on budgetary outcomes.It analyzes the effects on budgetary outcomes of both fiscal and monetary discipline, which are evaluated with respect to the relevant institutional...

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Income Misperception and Populism

Albers, Thilo Nils Hendrik; Kersting, Felix; Kosse, Fabian - 2022

We propose that false beliefs about the own current economic status are an important factor for explaining populist attitudes. Along with the subjects' receptiveness to right-wing populism, we elicit their perceived relative income positions in a representative survey of German households. We...

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Mimicking the Opposition: Bismarck's Welfare State and the Rise of the Socialists

Kersting, Felix - 2023

This paper examines the consequences of a government mimicking the policy of its competitor by studying the introduction of the welfare state in 19th century Germany. The reform conducted by the conservative government targeted blue-collar workers and aimed to reduce the success of the socialist...

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Vote buying

Dekel, Eddie; Jackson, Matthew O.; Wolinsky, Asher - 2004

We examine the consequences of vote buying, assuming this practice were allowed and free of stigma. Two parties competing in a binary election may purchase votes in a sequential bidding game via up-front binding payments and/or campaign promises (platforms) that are contingent upon the outcome...

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Vote buying II: legislatures and lobbying

Dekel, Eddie; Jackson, Matthew O.; Wolinsky, Asher - 2006

We examine the consequences of lobbying and vote buying, assuming this practice were allowed and free of stigma. Two .lobbyists. compete for the votes of legislators by oþering up-front payments to the legislators in exchange for their votes. We analyze how the lobbyists.budget constraints and...

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Vote buying I: legislatures and lobbying

Dekel, Eddie; Jackson, Matthew O.; Wolinsky, Asher - 2006

We examine the consequences of vote buying, assuming this practice were al-lowed and free of stigma. Two parties compete in a binary election and may purchase votes in a sequential bidding game via up-front binding payments and/or campaign promises (platforms) that are contingent upon the...

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