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Cross-Border Media and Nationalism : Evidence from Serbian Radio in Croatia
DellaVigna, Stefano - 2011
How do nationalistic media affect animosity between ethnic groups? We consider one of Europe's deadliest conflicts since WWII: the Serbo-Croatian conflict. We show that, after a decade of peace, cross-border nationalistic Serbian radio triggers ethnic hatred towards Serbs in Croatia. Mostly...
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Nation-Building, Nationalism and Wars
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2017
The increase in army size observed in early modern times changed the way states conducted wars. Starting in the late 18th century, states switched from mercenaries to a mass army by conscription. In order for the population to accept to fight and endure war, the government elites began to...
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Nationalism and Economic Exchange : Evidence from Shocks to Sino-Japanese Relations
Fisman, Raymond J. - 2014
We study the impact of nationalism and interstate frictions on international economic relations by analyzing market …
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Nation Building Through Foreign Intervention : Evidence from Discontinuities in Military Strategies
Dell, Melissa - 2016
This study uses discontinuities in U.S. strategies employed during the Vietnam War to estimate their causal impacts. It identifies the effects of bombing by exploiting rounding thresholds in an algorithm used to target air strikes. Bombing increased the military and political activities of the...
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Population Increase, Extralegal Appropriation, and the End of Colonialism
Iyigun, Murat; Grossman, Herschel I. - 2022
Between 1946 and 1976, the European powers granted independence to all of their large colonies in Africa and Southeast Asia. This paper attempts to provide an economic explanation for this remarkable ending to the era of colonialism. The main theoretical innovation is to consider the effect of...
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Conveniently Upset : Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs About Others
Di Tella, Rafael - 2011
In this paper we present the results from a "corruption game" (a dictator game modified so that the second player can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131979
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Embezzlement Versus Bribery
Fan, C. Simon - 2010
Corrupt officials can use their positions to enrich themselves in two ways. They can steal from the state budget--embezzling or misspending funds--or they can demand extra payments from citizens in return for services--bribery. In many circumstances, embezzlement is less distortionary than...
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Looking Beyond the Incumbent : The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes
Chong, Alberto - 2011
Does information about rampant political corruption increase electoral participation and the support for challenger … copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …
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The Control of Politicians in Normal Times and Times of Crisis : Wealth Accumulation by U.S. Congressmen, 1850-1880
Querubin, Pablo - 2011
We employ a regression discontinuity design based on close elections to estimate the rents from a seat in the U.S. congress between 1850-1880. Using census data, we compare wealth accumulation among those who won or lost their first race by a small margin. We find evidence of significant returns...
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Corruption in Developing Countries
Olken, Benjamin A. - 2011
Recent years have seen a remarkable expansion in economists' ability to measure corruption. This, in turn, has led to a … new generation of well-identified, microeconomic studies. We review the evidence on corruption in developing countries in … light of these recent advances, focusing on three questions: how much corruption is there, what are the efficiency …
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