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Is there an election cycle in public employment? Separating time effects from election year effects

Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva - 2008

Do governments increase public employment in election years? This paper investigates this question by using data from Sweden and Finland, two countries that are similar in many respects but in which local elections are held at different points in time. We can thereby separate an election effect...

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An Analysis of Political and Institutional Power Dispersion: The Case of Turkey

Tutar, Ibrahim; Tansel, Aysit - 2011

This study examines the effects of fragmented governments and fiscal authorities on budget deficits in Turkey along with political business cycle effects. For econometric analysis we will use annual data from the period of 1960-2009. This paper sheds light on various dispersion indices and their...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500175

Is there an election cycle in public employment? Separating time effects from election year effects

Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva - 2008

Do governments increase public employment in election years? This paper investigates this question by using data from Sweden and Finland, two coun¬tries that are similar in many respects but in which local elections are held at different points in time. We can thereby separate an election...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321590

Immigration and Right-Wing Populism: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Mehic, Adrian - 2019

Between the 2014 and 2018 Swedish parliamentary elections, the vote share of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats increased significantly. To evaluate the possibility of a causal link between immigration and the right-wing populist vote, this paper uses data from a nationwide policy experiment,...

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Italy: Immigration and the evolution of populism

Pieroni, Luca; Roig, Melcior Rosselló; Salmasi, Luca - 2021

research point toward a positive impact of the share of migrants on the rise of right-wing populist parties. According to our …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012609094

Race, power, and the subprime/forceclosure crisis: A mesoanalysis

Dymski, Gary A.; Hernandez, Jesus; Mohanty, Lisa - 2011

Economists' principal explanations of the subprime crisis differ from those developed by noneconomists in that the latter see it as rooted in the US legacy of racial/ethnic inequality, and especially in racial residential segregation, whereas the former ignore race. This paper traces this...

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Immigration and election outcomes: Evidence from city districts in Hamburg

Otto, Alkis Henri; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich - 2012

This paper provides new evidence on the effect of immigration on election outcomes. Our analysis makes use of data on city districts in Hamburg, Germany, during a period of substantial inflows of immigrants and asylum seekers. We find significant and robust effects for changes in foreigner...

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On the political and economic determinants of redistribution: Economic gains, ideological gains, or institutions?

De Souza, Gustavo - 2022

redistribution. Estimating a DSGE model with microdata on the support for redistribution, I find that if voters disregarded their … ideological views on welfare policies, redistribution in the US would increase 117%. Because ideology is a more important … on redistribution. Among the drivers of ideology, I find that racial animosity and distrust of the government contributes …

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Preferences for redistribution and perception of fairness: An experimental study

Durante, Ruben; Putterman, Louis; van der Weele, Joël - 2013

We conduct a laboratory experiment to study how demand for redistribution of income depends on self-interest, insurance … is affected by redistribution. We estimate utility weights for the different sources of demand for redistribution, with …

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Growing into and out of Social Conflict

Harms, Philipp; Zink, Stefan - 2002

wealth and the likelihood of radical redistribution: while the net benefits of redistribution for members of the poor class …

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