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Terrorism and voting : the rise of right-wing populism in Germany
Sabet, Navid; Liebald, Marius; Friebel, Guido - 2023
Can right-wing terrorism increase support for far-right populist parties, and if so, why? Exploiting quasi … publishers and that this coverage focuses on Islam and terror. Overall, and in contrast to previous work, we find terrorism is …
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Sorgen um den globalen Terrorismus in Deutschland
Müller, Cathérine - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 37, pp. 544-548
Eine Sondererhebung 2007 des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels für Deutschland ergab: Die Deutschen machen sich häufiger große Sorgen um den globalen Terrorismus als um ihre eigene wirtschaftliche Situation. Besonders ältere Menschen und Frauen scheinen dazu zu neigen, sich große Sorgen zu machen....
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Corporate investment decisions under political uncertainty
Riem, Marina - 2016
I investigate how political uncertainty influences corporate investment decisions employing a unique panel dataset of German manufacturing firms. I use data on firms' self-reported investment realizations, plans and revisions. The firm-specific user cost of capital captures the current...
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Does political uncertainty influence firm owners' business perceptions?
Riem, Marina - 2016
Using microdata that serve as the foundation of the ifo Business Climate Index, Germany's leading business cycle indicator, I examine whether political uncertainty influences how firm owners perceive their present state and future development of business. I use state election months as...
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Financial uncertainty in Germany and its impact on Western European terrorism
Jovanović, Mario - 2011
incidents in Western Europe. Considering data of the Global Terrorism Database, the number of terror incidents does - on average … - not affect financial uncertainty. In contrast, based on a behavioral model of terrorism motivated by Schmid and de Graaf … binominal quasi maximum likelihood count data model confirm an inverse impact of lagged financial uncertainty on terrorism …
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Financial Uncertainty in Germany and its Impact on Western European Terrorism
Jovanovic, Mario - 2011
incidents in Western Europe. Considering data of the Global Terrorism Database, the number of terror incidents does – on average … – not affect financial uncertainty. In contrast, based on a behavioral model of terrorism motivated by Schmid and de Graaf … binominal quasi maximum likelihood count data model confirm an inverse impact of lagged financial uncertainty on terrorism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117695
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Everybody's a victim? : global terror, well-being and political attitudes
Akay, Alpaslan; Bargain, Olivier; Elsayed, Ahmed - 2018
Terror has become a global issue. Terror acts perpetuated by religious, nationalist or political groups around the globe can propagate distress rapidly through different channels and possibly change political attitudes. This paper suggests the first evaluation of the impact of global terror on...
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Everybody's a Victim? Global Terror, Well-Being and Political Attitudes
Akay, Alpaslan - 2018
Terror has become a global issue. Terror acts perpetuated by religious, nationalist or political groups around the globe can propagate distress rapidly through different channels and possibly change political attitudes. This paper suggests the first evaluation of the impact of global terror on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915718
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Urban political structure and inequality : political economy lessons from early modern German cities
Schaff, Felix - 2022
What was the impact of urban political structure on economic inequality in preindustrial times? I document that more closed political institutions were associated with higher economic inequality in a panel of early modern German cities. To investigate the mechanisms behind that...
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Feeling secure vs. being secure? : qualitative evidence on the relationship between labour market institutions and employees' perceived job security from Germany and the U.S.
Hipp, Lena - 2019
How can labour market institutions make workers confident about their economic future? While quantitative studies have repeatedly shown that countries' labour market regulations and policies are related to variations in workers' perceived job security, these studies did not explain how these...
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