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Anti-Elite Politics and Emotional Reactions to Socio-Economic Problems. Experimental Evidence on 'Pocketbook Anger' from France, Germany, and the United States
Marx, Paul - 2019
Many observers have noticed the importance of anger in contemporary politics, particularly with reference to populism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059072
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Income Misperception and Populism
Albers, Thilo N. H.; Kersting, Felix; Kosse, Fabian - 2022
attitudes. Along with the subjects' receptiveness to right-wing populism, we elicit their perceived relative income positions in … are more attuned to populist statements. Key to understanding the misperception-populism relationship are strong gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470436
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Understanding the Origins of Populist Political Parties and the Role of External Shocks
Levi, Eugenio; Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven - 2021
in explaining the rise of populism in NZ. Understanding how these shocks led to the development of NZF is particularly … relevant for thinking about how populism has been extending its reach in the 2010s. …
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Human Capital and Climate Change
Angrist, Noam; Winseck, Kevin; Patrinos, Harry A.; … - 2023
Addressing climate change requires individual behavior change and voter support for pro-climate policies, yet surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education on pro-climate outcomes using new compulsory schooling...
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Determinants of Heat Risk in an Aging Population: A Machine Learning Approach
Klauber, Hannah; Koch, Nicolas - 2023
This paper identifies individual and regional risk factors for hospitalizations caused by heat within the German population over 65 years of age. Using administrative insurance claims data and a machine-learning-based regression model, we causally estimate heterogeneous heat effects and explore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296740
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Unemployment, Immigration, and Populism
Chen, Shuai - 2023
This paper examines how unemployment and cultural anxiety have triggered different dimensions of the current populism … (IM) to investigate the effects of recent unemployment and unauthorized immigration on attitudes related to populism. I … attitudes against wealthy elites by 15 percentage points (PP). Such attitudes are connected with left-wing populism. I identify …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469726
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Tacit lobbying agreements: An experimental study
Großer, Jens; Reuben, Ernesto; Tymula, Agnieszka - 2010
We experimentally study the common wisdom that money buys political influence. In the game, one lobbyist has the opportunity to influence redistributive tax policies in her favor by transferring money to two competing candidates. The success of the lobbying investment depends on whether or not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278403
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Appointed or Elected? How Mayoral Accountability Impacts the Provision of Policing
Colombo, Andrea; Tojerow, Ilan - 2020
This paper studies how the system by which mayors are elected impacts mayoral accountability and their provision of public goods. To do so, we analyze policing and crime incidence under mayors directly elected by voters and under mayors appointed by an elected body. Our identification strategy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497862
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Tacit Lobbying Agreements: An Experimental Study
Großer, Jens; Reuben, Ernesto; Tymula, Agnieszka - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We experimentally study the common wisdom that money buys political influence. In the game, one lobbyist has the opportunity to influence redistributive tax policies in her favor by transferring money to two competing candidates. The success of the lobbying investment depends on whether or not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008742954
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Digging up Trenches: Populism, Selective Mobility, and the Political Polarization of Italian Municipalities
Bellodi, Luca; Docquier, Frédéric; Iandolo, Stefano; … - 2024
We study the effect of local exposure to populism on net population movements by citizenship status, gender, age and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533809