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I test some predictions of Gary Becker’s theory of taste discrimination regarding discrimination of foreigners by employers, co-workers and customers. I combine a 2% sample of the German working population and a 50% sample of German plants with low-level regional data, including the vote...
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. Recent events in Europe provide ample evidence that the political aftershocks of financial crises can be severe. In this … paper we study the political fall-out from systemic financial crises over the past 140 years. We construct a new long … strongly after financial crises as government majorities shrink and polarization rises. After a crisis, voters seem to be …
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Party platforms differ sharply from one another, especially on issues with religious content, such as abortion or gay marriage. Religious extremism in the U.S. appears to be strategically targeted to win elections, since party platforms diverge significantly, while policy outcomes like abortion...
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