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Hayekian welfare states: Explaining the co-existence of economic freedom and big government

Bergh, Andreas - 2018

The idea that all types of economic freedom - including limited government - promote prosperity is challenged by the fact that some countries successfully combine a large public sector with high taxes and otherwise high levels of economic freedom. To explain the co-existence of economic freedom...

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The Effect of Elections on Economic Growth: Results from a Natural Experiment in Indonesia

Moricz, Sara; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2014

Does democracy increase economic growth? Previous literature tends to find a positive effect but does also suffer from …

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Do Voters Dislike Liberalizing Reforms? New Evidence Using Data on Satisfaction with Democracy

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2018

reforms and even be less satisfied with democracy as such. We test this hypothesis empirically, using panel data from 30 … European countries in the period 1993–2015. The dependent variable is the average satisfaction with democracy, while the reform …. Our results indicate that while reforms of government size are not robustly related to satisfaction with democracy …

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The causal effect of transport infrastructure: Evidence from a new historical database

Lindgren, Erik; Pettersson-Lidbom, Per; Tyrefors, Björn - 2021

In this paper, we analyze the effect of transport infrastructure investments in railways. As a testing ground, we use data from a new historical database that includes annual panel data on approximately 2,400 Swedish rural geographical areas during the period 1860-1917. We use a staggered event...

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Political selection in China: The complementary roles of connections and performance

Jia, Ruixue; Kudamatsu, Masayuki; Seim, David - 2014

Who becomes a top politician in China? We focus on provincial leaders - a pool of candidates for top political office - and examine how their chances of promotion depend on their performance in office and connections with top politicians. Our empirical analysis, based on the curriculum vitae of...

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And yet it grows: Crisis, ideology, and interventionist policy ratchets

Bjørnskov, Christian; Rode, Martin - 2016

Previous studies of policy responses to economic crises argue that crises may lead to more interventionist policy but also cause deregulation. The empirical evidence in previous studies is equally mixed. The present paper argues that whether or not governments implement more or less...

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The market-promoting and market-preserving role of social trust in reforms of policies and institutions

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2017

Social trust has been identified as a catalyst for reforms. We take the literature further in two ways. First, we make a fine-grained analysis of mechanisms through which social trust enables liberalizing reforms - by strengthening the ability to overcome obstacles in the political process...

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Do voters dislike liberalizing reforms? New evidence using data on satisfaction with democracy

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2018

reforms and even be less satisfied with democracy as such. We test this hypothesis empirically, using panel data from 30 … European countries in the period 1993-2015. The dependent variable is the average satisfaction with democracy, while the reform …. Our results indicate that while reforms of government size are not robustly related to satisfaction with democracy …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917073

Does capitalism disfavor women? Evidence from life satisfaction

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2023

There is widespread concern, especially in certain feminist circles, that a market-oriented economic system, or capitalism, disfavors women. This could take many forms, such as lower wages for the same type of work, reduced career opportunities, disparities in ownership and the upholding of...

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The future of welfare services: How worried should we be about Wagner, Baumol and Ageing?

Bergh, Andreas - 2016

Welfare services are an important part of the Nordic welfare states both financially and for welfare state redistribution. Baumol's cost disease, Wagner's law, and population ageing are often said to bring challenges for the future provision of welfare services. While none of the three poses an...

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