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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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Government ideology, globalization, and top income shares in OECD countries

Schinke, Christoph - 2014

I investigate how government ideology and globalization are associated with top income shares in 16 OECD countries over the period 1970 to 2010. I use the new World Top Incomes Database. Globalization is measured by the KOF index of globalization. The results show that the top 1% income share...

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Was bringt uns die große Koalition? : Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik

Kauder, Björn; Larin, Benjamin; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014

Deutschland wurde bereits zweimal, 1966-1969 und 2005-2009, von einer großen Koalition regiert. Deskriptive Zeitreihenanalysen wirtschaftspolitischer Kennzahlen zeigen nicht auf, dass es unter diesen großen Koalitionen signifikante Kurswechsel in der Wirtschaftspolitik gab. Qualitative...

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Corporate investment decisions under political uncertainty

Riem, Marina - 2016

I investigate how political uncertainty influences corporate investment decisions employing a unique panel dataset of German manufacturing firms. I use data on firms' self-reported investment realizations, plans and revisions. The firm-specific user cost of capital captures the current...

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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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Creative accounting and electoral motives : evidence from OECD countries

Reischmann, Markus - 2015

Using an unbalanced panel of 27 OECD countries over the period 1970-2011, I examine whether electoral motives influenced creative accounting. Governments engage in "below-the-line" operations, such as transactions in financial assets, that do not show up in the deficit figures but give rise to...

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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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