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Coal phase-out by 2038 : how do economists rate the Coal Commission’s recommendations?

Blum, Johannes; Kapitzke, Philip; Potrafke, Niklas - In: Ifo-Schnelldienst 72 (2019) 6, pp. 34-39

’s coal phase-out. In the February survey, economics professors at German universities were asked how they rated the Coal … Commission’s recommendations on Germany’s coal phase-out—with a particular focus on its economic consequences. The economists … surveyed are largely skeptical about the phasing out of coal, even though some economic experts do regard it as unavoidable. …

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Government Ideology and Monetary Policy in OECD Countries

Smarzynska Javorcik, Beata - 2019

We examine the extent to which government ideology has influenced monetary policy in OECD countries since the 1970s. In line with important changes in the global economy and differences across countries, regression results yield heterogeneous inferences depending on the time period and the...

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Electoral Cycles in Perceived Corruption : International Empirical Evidence

Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International’s Perception of Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes around 100 democracies over the period 2012-2016, a...

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Does Public Sector Outsourcing Decrease Public Employment? Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries

Potrafke, Niklas - 2019

I examine the extent to which public sector outsourcing relates to public employment in OECD countries. I use new panel data on public sector outsourcing. The sample includes 26 countries over the period 2009-2015. Contrary to common expectations, the results do not suggest that public sector...

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Does Government Ideology Matter in Monetary Policy? A Panel Data Analysis for OECD Countries

Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2012

This paper examines whether government ideology has influenced monetary policy in OECD countries. We use quarterly data in the 1980.1-2005.4 period and exclude EMU countries. Our Taylor-rule specification focuses on the interactions of a new time-variant index of central bank independence with...

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Donor ideology and types of foreign aid

Brech, Viktor; Potrafke, Niklas - 2013

We examine how donor government ideology influences the composition of foreign aid flows. We use data for 23 OECD countries over the period 1960]2009 and distinguish between multilateral and bilateral aid, grants and loans, recipient characteristics such as income and political institutions,...

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Human capital and national institutional quality : are TIMSS, PISA, and national average IQ robust predictors?

Jones, Garett; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014

Is human capital a robust predictor of good institutions? Using a new institutional quality measure, the International Property Rights Index (IPRI), we find that cognitive skill measures are significant, robust, and large in magnitude. We use two databases of cognitive skills: estimates of...

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The growth of public health expenditures in OECD countries : do government ideology and electoral motives matter?

Potrafke, Niklas - In: Journal of health economics 29 (2010) 6, pp. 797-810

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Political cycles and economic performance in OECD countries : empirical evidence from 1951–2006

Potrafke, Niklas - In: Public choice 150 (2012) 1/2, pp. 155-179

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Does government ideology matter in monetary policy? : a panel data analysis for OECD countries

Belke, Ansgar; Potrafke, Niklas - 2011

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