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Does a change of government influence compliance with international agreements? : empirical evidence for the NATO two percent target

Blum, Johannes; Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

We examine whether changes of government influence compliance with international agreements. We investigate compliance with the NATO two percent target to which all NATO countries committed themselves during the NATO summit in Wales in 2014. The dataset includes the military expenditure by NATO...

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Elections and government efficiency

Dorn, Florian - 2021

Politicians are expected to influence policy outcomes in a way to gain electoral advantage. There is, however, a pending question whether efficiency in the provision of public goods and services is affected by strategic behavior. I examine how electoral cycles influence local government...

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Immigration and electoral support for the far left and the far right

Edo, Anthony; Giesing, Yvonne; Öztunc, Jonathan; … - 2017

several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right parties in France … no robust effect on far-left voting. The increased support for far-right candidates is driven by low educated immigrants …

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Does political uncertainty influence firm owners' business perceptions?

Riem, Marina - 2016

Using microdata that serve as the foundation of the ifo Business Climate Index, Germany's leading business cycle indicator, I examine whether political uncertainty influences how firm owners perceive their present state and future development of business. I use state election months as...

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Just hire your spouse! : evidence from a political scandal in Bavaria

Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014

We investigate a case of political favoritism. Some members of the Bavarian parliament hired relatives as office employees who were paid using taxpayers' money. The family scandal was a hot issue in the German media because of the upcoming state and federal elections. We examine whether being...

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Rewarding conservative politicians? : evidence from voting on same-sex marriage

Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2021

We examine whether voters rewarded conservative politicians who were voting in favor of same-sex marriage. Data is …

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Evidence on the political principal-agent problem from voting on public finance for concert halls

Potrafke, Niklas - 2013

discipline their representatives through referenda that countered the results of voting by political representatives. …

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Autocrats in the United Nations General Assembly : a test of the decoy voting hypothesis

Mosler, Martin - 2020

I empirically examine whether autocratic governments use decoy voting in the United Nations General Assembly to hide … primarily deal with the State of Israel, with an estimated decline in voting alignment of 3.6 percentage points or 20 percent of … the only Jewish-majority state to fill the voting agenda and deflect attention from their regimes. …

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Electoral cycles, partisan effects and U.S. naturalization policies

Drometer, Marcus; Méango, Romuald - 2017

Using a panel of naturalizations in U.S. states from 1965 to 2012, we empirically analyze the impact of elections on naturalization policy. Our results indicate that naturalization policy is (partly) driven by national elections: there are more naturalizations in presidential election years and...

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How to handle the fiscal crisis in Greece? : empirical evidence based on a survey of economic experts

Mosler, Martin; Potrafke, Niklas; Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2019

We asked economic experts polled by the CESifo World Economic Survey how to handle the fiscal crisis in Greece in the year 2015. The sample includes about 850 experts from 110 countries. We find systematic differences in experts' recommendations. Our results suggest that policy advice is related...

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