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Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19
Dave, Dhaval M. - 2020
-at-home behavior increased following protest onset, consistent with the hypothesis that non-protesters' behavior was substantially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481603
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Incumbency Advantage in Non-Democracies
Egorov, Georgy - 2014
In elections that take place in a less-than-perfect democracy, incumbency advantages are different from those in mature democracies. The incumbent can prevent credible challengers from running, organize vote fraud, or even physically eliminate his main opponents. At the same time, formally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458146
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Private Politics and Public Regulation
Egorov, Georgy - 2013
We develop a dynamic game to explore the interaction between regulation and private policies, such as self-regulation by firms and activism. Without a public regulator, the possibility of self-regulation is bad for the firm, but good for activists who are willing to maintain a costly boycott to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458926
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Leaders in Social Movements : Evidence From Unions in Myanmar
Boudreau, Laura; Macchiavello, Rocco; Minni, Virginia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Social movements are catalysts for crucial institutional changes. To succeed, they must coordinate members' views (consensus building) and actions (mobilization). We study union leaders within Myanmar's burgeoning labor movement. Union leaders are positively selected on both personality traits...
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Protests
Cantoni, Davide; Kao, Andrew; Yang, David Y.; Yuchtman, Noam - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
social transformation. We document five new empirical patterns describing 1.2 million protest events across 218 countries …. Second, protest movements also rose in importance following the Arab Spring. Third, protest movements geographically diffuse … correlated with protests; individual values are predictive of protest participation. Fifth, the US, China, and Russia are the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337849
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Civil Rights Protests and Election Outcomes : Exploring the Effects of the Poor People's Campaign
Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Karbownik, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The Poor People's Campaign (PPC) of 1968 was focused on highlighting, and ultimately reducing, poverty in the United States. As part of the campaign, protestors from across the country were transported to Washington, D.C. in 6 separate bus caravans, each of which made stops en route to rest,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447294
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Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States
Gethin, Amory; Pons, Vincent - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
variation in local protest intensity, we find that protests generate substantial internet activity but have limited effects on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528382
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The Role of Alcohol and Drug Consumption in Determining Physical Fights and Weapon Carrying by Teenagers
Markowitz, Sara - 2000
The purpose of this study is to examine the question of whether alcohol or drug use causes teenagers to engage in violent behaviors as measured by physical fighting, carrying a gun, or carrying other types of weapons. Simple OLS estimation of the effects of drug and alcohol consumption on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471276
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Criminal Violence and Alcohol Beverage Control : Evidence from an International Study
Markowitz, Sara - 2000
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the price of alcoholic beverages and the incidence of criminal violence in different countries around the world. The positive association between alcoholic beverage consumption and violence is well documented, as is the negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471295
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Work, Welfare, and Child Maltreatment
Paxson, Christina - 1999
This paper examines how child maltreatment is affected by the economic circumstances of parents. 'Child maltreatment' encompasses a wide range of behaviors that adversely affect children. It includes neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and other forms of abuse or neglect. Using state-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471441