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Economic freedom and religion : an empirical investigation
Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas - In: Public finance review : PFR 46 (2018) 2, pp. 249-275
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012125144
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Economic freedom and religion : an empirical investigation
Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas - 2016
There has been much study of the consequences of economic freedom but, outside of the role of political institutions, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic freedom. Our cross-sectional dataset includes 137 countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515355
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The UN Goldstone Report and retraction : an empirical investigation
Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014 - Revised February 2015
, based on the Chief-in-Executive measure of political institutions, a country with the highest democracy score was some 55 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487066
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The UN Goldstone Report and retraction : an empirical investigation
Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas - 2015
democracy score was some 55 percentage points less likely to vote in favor of the second of the two UN Goldstone resolutions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488128
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NATO defense spending in 2023 : implications one year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Dorn, Florian; Potrafke, Niklas; Schlepper, Marcel - 2023
War is raging close to NATO's Eastern border. Russia has attacked Ukraine and threatens those states that in the past …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014308782
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Gender inequality in education: Political institutions or culture and religion?
Cooray, Arusha; Potrafke, Niklas - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2010
We investigate empirically whether political institutions or culture and religion underlie gender inequality in education. The dataset contains up to 157 countries over the 1991-2006 period. The results indicate that political institutions do not significantly influence education of girls:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673505
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Islam and Democracy
Potrafke, Niklas - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2010
House indices have been criticized on several grounds, I reinvestigate Rowley and Smith’s finding using the new Democracy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690431
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The UN Goldstone Report and Retraction: An Empirical Investigation
Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas - Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University - 2014
democracy score was some 55 percentage points less likely to vote in favor of the second of the two UN Goldstone resolutions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185596
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The UN Goldstone Report and Retraction: An Empirical Investigation
Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas - CESifo - 2015
democracy score was some 55 percentage points less likely to vote in favor of the second of the two UN Goldstone resolutions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011194235
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The UN Goldstone Report and retraction: An empirical investigation
Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014
, based on the Chief-in-Executive measure of political institutions, a country with the highest democracy score was some 55 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452599