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protest, and the consequences of political distrust for the stability of democracy. Do these protests represent a revolt of … the distrustful which intensifies the frequently invoked crisis of democracy? Our study answers this question by focusing … trust in the core institutions of representative democracy in Germany and that political distrust increases the readiness …
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In this paper, we explore the long-run effects of cultural and imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Drawing evidence from the 1897 population census in the Russian Empire, we find that localities with a higher share of German historical population are inclined to be more developed in...
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This paper studies the relationship between patience and comparative development through a combination of reduced-form analyses and model estimations. Based on a globally representative dataset on time preference in 76 countries, we document two sets of stylized facts. First, patience is...
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Environmental impact assessment is currently the major Brazilian institution that routinely seeks community input about infrastructure projects. It is criticized both by activists who think it permits projects it should not and by project proponents who think that it is too slow and blocks...
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