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Analyzing the Agenda of the U.K. Parliament Over the Long Run
Hanlon, W. Walker - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This article develops a method for quantitatively tracking the agenda of the British Parliament--by which I mean the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210049
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Freedom of Speech, Deterrence, and Compellence in the Parliament
Altindag, Duha Tore; Mocan, Naci; Zhang, Jie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
members of the Turkish Parliament, we find that losing immunity pacifies the MPs of the opposition parties. They become less … diligent in the Parliament (drafting fewer pieces of legislation, initiating fewer investigation inquiries, delivering fewer … the revocation of MP immunity are polarized. An individual's trust in the Parliament is decreased or increased based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012496085
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Gender Differences in Cooperative Environments? Evidence from the U.S. Congress
Gagliarducci, Stefano - 2016
This paper uses data on bill sponsorship and cosponsorship in the U.S. House of Representatives to estimate gender differences in cooperative behavior. We employ a number of econometric methodologies to address the potential selection of female representatives into electoral districts with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456189
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Is Leisure a Normal Good? Evidence from the European Parliament
Mocan, Naci H. - 2011
Prior to July 2009, salaries of the members of the European Parliament were paid by their home country and there were … each member of the Parliament is pegged to 38.5% of a European Court judge's salary, paid by the EU. This created an … are independent of attendance to the Parliament. Using detailed information on each parliamentarian of the European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461329
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Censorship, Family Planning, and the Historical Fertility Transition
Beach, Brian - 2019
The historical fertility transition is one of the most important events in economic history. This study provides new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479703
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The Making of the Modern Metropolis : Evidence from London
Heblich, Stephan - 2018
Modern metropolitan areas involve large concentrations of economic activity and the transport of millions of people each day between their residence and workplace. We use the revolution in transport technology from the invention of steam railways, newly-constructed spatially-disaggregated data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480700
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Volatility in an Era of Reduced Uncertainty : Lessons from Pax Britannica
Brown, William O. - 2005
Although it has been well established that financial volatility is related to news and macroeconomic shocks, there has been less emphasis on the importance of underlying economic and political stability. In this paper we study the behavior of consol returns since 1729 and identify a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467364
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The Global History of Corporate Governance : An Introduction
Morck, Randall K. - 2005
This paper presents a synopsis of recent NBER studies of the history of corporate governance in Canada, China, France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467625
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The Profitabality of Colonialism
Grossman, Herschel I. - 1993
This paper develops an analytical framework for studying colonial investment from the perspective of neoclassical political economy. The distinguishing feature of colonial investment in this model is that the metropolitan government restricts the amount of investment in the colony in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474530
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Taxes and Growth : New Narrative Evidence from Interwar Britain
Cloyne, James - 2018
The impact of fiscal policy on economic activity is still a matter of great debate. And, ever since Keynes first commented on it, interwar Britain, 1918- 1939, has remained a particularly contentious case | not least because of its high debt environment and turbulent business cycle. This debate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453061