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Globalisation and the future of the welfare state
Chen, Yu-Fu; Görg, Holger; Görlich, Dennis; Molana, Hassan - 2014
The conventional wisdom is that increasing globalisation requires a reduction in the provision of the welfare state among industrialised countries as the distortions resulting from this type of expenditure undermine international competitiveness and the ability of countries to attract and/or...
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Global Taxation and National Welfare States
Jha, Priyaranjan; Mukherjee, Rahul - 2023
This paper studies the effects of globalization on the ability of governments to generate tax revenues for the … size and factor abundance. It then draws on existing empirical evidence to outline the effects of globalization on capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377496
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Censorship in democracy
Caesmann, Marcel; Goldzycher, Janis; Grigoletto, Matteo; … - 2024
The spread of propaganda, misinformation, and biased narratives from autocratic regimes, especially on social media, is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014554631
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Welfare effects of public service broadcasting in a free-to-air TV market
Rothbauer, Julia; Sieg, Gernot - 2011
Viewer's private information consumption generates external benefits for society, because information improves the ability of voters to control politicians. Our study compares two settings in a free-to-air TV market: a differentiated duopoly of private channels and an oligopoly with both private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307167
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Media, domocracy, and government action: Prevention vs. palliation in the time of cholera
Choe, Chongwoo; Raschky, Paul A. - 2011
This paper studies how media and democracy influence government action taken before and after a natural disaster. The … key elements in this relationship are the media's role as the provider of information to voters about government action … and the quality of democracy that pertains to how relevant election results are. We show that more media activity and more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332479
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Does Reality TV Induce Real Effects? On the Questionable Association Between 16 and Pregnant and Teenage Childbearing
Jaeger, David A.; Joyce, Theodore J.; Kaestner, Robert - 2016
social media and show that it is fragile and highly sensitive to the choice of included periods and to the use of weights. We …
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Does Reality TV Induce Real Effects? A Response to Jaeger, Joyce, and Kaestner (2016)
Kearney, Melissa S.; Levine, Phillip B. - 2016
) of our 2015 paper "Media Influences on Social Outcomes: The Impact of MTV's 16 and Pregnant on Teen Childbearing." In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584633
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The role of platform quality and publicly owned platforms in the free-to-air broadcasting industry
González-Maestre, Miguel; Martínez-Sánchez, Francisco - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 5 (2014) 1, pp. 105-124
In this study, we consider the role of a publicly owned platform and programme quality in the free-to-air broadcasting industry. We compare the equilibrium levels of advertising under private and mixed duopoly competition, and show that the connection between programme quality and advertising...
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Media's Role in the Making of a Democrat: Evidence from East Germany
Friehe, Tim; Müller, Helge; Neumeier, Florian - 2019
This paper explores the causal influence of media content on voting behavior. We exploit a natural experiment involving … notion that access to free media influences political attitudes and facilitates the consolidation of democracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018176
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War of the waves: Radio and resistance during World War II
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Onorator, Massimiliano G.; … - 2018
What is the role of the media in coordinating and mobilizing insurgency against a foreign military occupation? We …
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