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The Power of Religious Organizations in Human Decision Processes: Analyzing Voting Behavior
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2013
In Switzerland, two key church institutions - the Conference of Swiss Bishops (CSB) and the Federation of Protestant Churches (FPC) - make public recommendations on how to vote for certain referenda. We leverage this unique situation to directly measure religious organizations' power to shape...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763997
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The Power of Religious Organizations in Human Decision Processes: Analyzing Voting Behavior
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco - CESifo - 2013
In Switzerland, two key church institutions – the Conference of Swiss Bishops (CSB) and the Federation of Protestant Churches (FPC) – make public recommendations on how to vote for certain referenda. We leverage this unique situation to directly measure religious organizations’ power to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723526
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Tax Morale, Rule-Governed Behaviour and Trust
Torgler, Benno - In: Constitutional Political Economy 14 (2003) 2, pp. 119-140
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008776149
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The Power of Religious Organizations in Human Decision Processes: Analyzing Voting Behavior
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, Davis; Portmann, Marco - QUT Business School - 2013
In Switzerland, two key church institutions - the Conference of Swiss Bishops (CSB) and the Federation of Protestant Churches (FPC) - make public recommendations on how to vote for certain referenda. We leverage this unique situation to directly measure religious organizations' power to shape...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010900196
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The relationship between Stress, Strain and Social Capital
Martin G?chter; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für … - 2009
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social capital in reducing the negative externalities associated with stress, as well as the physical and psychological strain indicators among police officers. Despite the fact that there is a large multidisciplinary literature on stress or on social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008599221
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The relationship between Stress, Strain and Social Capital
Gächter, Martin; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2010
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social capital in reducing the negative externalities associated with stress, as well as the physical and psychological strain indicators among police officers. Despite the fact that there is a large multidisciplinary literature on stress or on social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294804
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The Power of Religious Organizations in Human Decision Processes: Analyzing Voting Behavior
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco - 2013
In Switzerland, two key church institutions - the Conference of Swiss Bishops (CSB) and the Federation of Protestant Churches (FPC) - make public recommendations on how to vote for certain referenda. We leverage this unique situation to directly measure religious organizations' power to shape...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328867
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Political entrenchment and GDP misreporting
Chan, Ho Fai; Frey, Bruno S.; Skali, Ahmed; Torgler, Benno - 2019
By examining discrepancies between officially reported GDP growth figures and the actual economic growth implied by satellite-based night time light (NTL) density, we investigate whether democracies manipulate officially reported GDP figures, and if so, whether such manipulation pays political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052759
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Trust and Fiscal Performance: A Panel Analysis with Swiss Data
Torgler, Benno; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - 2005
to contribute also an adequate share to the community. In such a situation trustworthiness of a government and trust in a … government is high. This paper provides empirical evidence that trust is crucial for fiscal performance using data for the full … sample of Swiss cantons over the 1981-2001 period. In cantons with high levels of trust, the level of indebtedness is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312479
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How confidence in health care systems affects mobility and compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chan, Ho Fai; Brumpton, Martin; Macintyre, Alison; … - 2020
Trust in the health care system requires being confident that sufficient and appropriate treatments will be provided if … implications arising from this trust. We explore whether populations reporting low levels of confidence in the health care system … essential trips, compared to those with lower health care system confidence. Regions with high trust in the government but low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306425