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The Ideological Roots of Institutional Change
Iyigun, Murat; Rubin, Jared - 2017
Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient institutions in response to changing economic conditions? And why do such conditions sometimes generate ideological backlashes and at other times lead to transformative sociopolitical movements? We propose an explanation that highlights the...
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Why Are European Countries Diverging in Their Unemployment Experience?
2004
reform due to political constraints, the prevalence of ideology, and agency issues within those bureaucracies concerned with …
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What Does the Public Know about Economic Policy, and How Does It Know It?
Blinder, Alan S.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2004
-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially … insurance), ideology is the most important determinant of public opinion, while measures of self-interest are the least …
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Welfare state retrenchment: the partisan effect revisited
Amable, Bruno; Gatti, Donatella; Schumacher, Jan - 2006
This paper aims to shed light on the role of the 'ideology' of political parties in shaping the evolution of the …
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Ideology
Bénabou, Roland - 2008
remain obstinately blind to them, embracing a statist ideology and voting for an excessively large government. Conversely, an …-faire ideology and blind faith in the invisible hand. With public-sector capital, this interplay of beliefs and institutions leads to …
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Endogenous indoctrination: occupational choice, the evolution of beliefs, and the political economy of reform
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
Much of the political economy analysis of reform focuses on the conflict of interest between groups that stand to gain or lose from the competing policy proposals. In reality, there is also a lot of disagreement about the working of the policy: in addition to conflicting interests, conflicting...
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The right look: Conservative politicians look better and their voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2011
right use beauty as a cue for candidate ideology or quality in the municipal elections. …
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Who Said or What Said? Estimating Ideological Bias in Views Among Economists
Javdani, Mohsen; Chang, Ha-Joon - 2019
There exists a long-standing debate about the influence of ideology in economics. Surprisingly, however, there is no …
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Explaining Governors' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
Baccini, Leonardo; Brodeur, Abel - 2020
What is the response of US governors to the COVID-19 pandemic? In this research note, we explore the determinants of implementing stay-at-home orders, focusing on governors' characteristics. In our most conservative estimate, being a Democratic governor increases the probability of implementing...
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The Politicized Pandemic: Ideological Polarization and the Behavioral Response to COVID-19
Grimalda, Gianluca; Murtin, Fabrice; Pipke, David; … - 2022
correlates positively with adherence to protective behaviors. Liberal political ideology predicts higher levels of protective … behavior than conservative ideology, independently of the differences in prosociality across the two groups. Differences …
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