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Effects of increased transparency on political divides and MP behavior: Evidence from televised question hours in the Finnish Parliament
Nieminen, Jeremias; Simola, Salla; Tukiainen, Janne - 2023
We study the causal effects of increasing the transparency of parliamentary speeches on polarization and other types of MP behavior. Our research design utilizes the 1989 introduction of TV broadcasting to those Finnish government's parliamentary question hours held on the first Thursday of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551629
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Radio and the rise of the Nazis in prewar Germany
Adena, Maja; Enikolopov, Ruben; Petrova, Maria; … - 2015 - August 2013, revised April 2015
How do the media affect public support for democratic institutions in a fragile democracy? What role do they play in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010512027
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Bombs, broadcasts and resistance: Allied intervention and domestic opposition to the Nazi regime during World War II
Adena, Maja; Enikolopov, Ruben; Petrova, Maria; Voth, … - 2021
Can bombs and broadcasts instigate resistance against a foreign regime? In this paper, we examine the canonical case of bombing designed to undermine enemy morale-the Allied bomber offensive against Germany during World War II. Our evidence shows that air power and the airwaves indeed undermined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518044
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Effects of increased transparency on political divides and MP behavior : evidence from televised question hours in the Finnish Parliament
Nieminen, Jeremias; Simola, Salla; Tukiainen, Janne - 2023
We study the causal effects of increasing the transparency of parliamentary speeches on polarization and other types of MP behavior. Our research design utilizes the 1989 introduction of TV broadcasting to those Finnish government's parliamentary question hours held on the first Thursday of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372746
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From couch to poll : media content and the value of local information
Mathias, Bühler; Dickens, Andrew - 2024
We document the importance of local information in mass media for the political engagement of citizens and … districts. Our findings qualify existing knowledge about the political effects of the rollout of new media, by allowing the … informational content to vary while holding the media type constant. We support this argument with evidence from parliamentary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014503041
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The state and income inequality in Brazil
Souza, Marcelo Medeiros Coelho de; Souza, Pedro H. G. F. de - 2015
Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient we measure the contribution to inequality of direct monetary income flows to and from the Brazilian State. The income flows from the State include public servants' earnings, Social Security pensions, unemployment benefits and Social Assistance...
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Incentives, globalization, and redistribution
Ferey, Antoine; Haufler, Andreas; Perroni, Carlo - 2022 - This version: July 2022
We offer a new explanation for why taxes have become less redistributive in many countries in parallel with an increase in income concentration. When performance-based contracts are needed to incentivize effort, redistribution through progressive income taxes becomes less precisely targeted....
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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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Video killed the radio star? : online music videos and digital music sales ; conference paper
Kretschmer, Tobias; Peukert, Christian - 2014
Sampling poses an interesting problem in markets with experience goods. On the one hand, free samples reveal product quality and help consumers to make informed purchase decisions (promotional effect). On the other hand, sampling may induce consumers to substitute purchases with free consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488558
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Social media and mental health
Braghieri, Luca; Levy, Ro'ee; Makarin, Alexey - 2022
The diffusion of social media coincided with a worsening of mental health conditions among adolescents and young adults … in the United States, giving rise to speculation that social media might be detrimental to mental health. In this paper …, we provide the first quasi-experimental estimates of the impact of social media on mental health by leveraging a unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193273