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What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 U.S. presidential election? Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we estimate the effect of COVID-19 cases and deaths on the change in county-level voting for Donald Trump between 2016 and 2020. To account for potential confounders, we include a...
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power depend on the configuration of agreements and disagreements; (2) Independence of mind reduces wage inequality, and … cross-context mixtures will display a wide variety of shapes. -- Wage-setter ; power ; consensus ; independence of mind …
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five in the unification of three fundamental sociobehavioral forces -- justice, status, and power -- and the subsequent …
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This paper develops a theory of the allocation of authority between two parties that produce impure public goods. We show that the optimal allocation depends on technological factors, the parties' valuations of the goods produced, and the degree of impurity of these goods. When the degree of...
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We evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between … majority represents a threat to the de facto power of white elites. Moreover, the effect of race becomes stronger after 1890 …
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We empirically study the determinants of intra-household decision power with respect to economic and financial choices …'s characteristics in terms of age, education, and income. The main conclusion is that decision-making power over family economics is not … time. -- family economics ; intra-household decision power ; gender differences …
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the literature on executive pay: the manager power hypothesis and the efficient pay hypothesis. We find support for the … manager power hypothesis for Germany as executives tend to be rewarded when the sector is doing well rather than the firm they …
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We analyse the migration movements of power couples (couples where both members have at least a college degree), half … power and no-power couples within Australia. We explicitly allow for potential correlation of these movements with local …
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this study is its illustration of how the use of fiscal policy affects the local political power of legislators in Brazil …
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given party ideological predispositions and power distribution determine the expected policy outcome. Our analysis applies … weighted by power. Our second result clarifies how the success of an interest group hinges on the dominance of its ideology in … effect of ideological predispositions and power on the efforts of the interest groups. -- policy formation ; political …
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