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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 … inequality. To mitigate concerns about reverse causality, I exploit the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) as a plausibly exogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170896
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Inequality and Extremist Voting: Evidence from Germany
Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Immel, Lea; Neumeier, Florian - 2018
This paper studies the impact of economic inequality on political polarization. Using a unique dataset covering … different measures of regional income inequality as well as federal and state election outcomes at the county level in Germany …, we investigate whether inequality influences the share of votes for right-wing and left-wing extremist parties using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011892103
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Regional deprivation and populism : evidence from Germany and the U.S.
Bayerlein, Michael - 2022
A widely held view is that increasing globalisation and inequality are fostering support for populist actors … introduce the concept of spatial inequality, which describes the regional inequality within countries, and construct a measure … of public goods scarcity. I argue that the spatial inequality induced feeling of being left behind is positively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013336271
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Nuclear power, democracy, development, and nuclear warheads : determinants for introducing nuclear power
Sorge, Lars; Neumann, Anne; Hirschhausen, Christian R. von - 2019
This paper analyzes the nature of democratic development in a nation on the process of introducing nuclear power over the period 1960 - 2017 for an unbalanced panel of 171 countries. Given the involved political process of introducing nuclear power and its political importance, as well as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035247
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Nuclear Power, Democracy, Development, and Nuclear Warheads : Determinants for Introducing Nuclear Power
Sorge, Lars - 2019
This paper analyzes the nature of democratic development in a nation on the process of introducing nuclear power over the period 1960 - 2017 for an unbalanced panel of 171 countries. Given the involved political process of introducing nuclear power and its political importance, as well as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012866154
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Bundesrepublik Erde : Grundrechte und Grundgesetz für die ganze Welt
Dilger, Alexander - 2015
In diesem Beitrag wird das kontrafaktische Szenario betrachtet, dass die ganze Erde einen globalen Bundesstaat nach dem Vorbild der Bundesrepublik Deutschland bilden würde, in dem das Grundgesetz analog für alle Menschen und Länder Geltung hätte. Grundgesetz und Organisation der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301968
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140355
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Can worker codetermination stabilize democracies? : works councils and satisfaction with democracy in Germany
Pfeifer, Christian - 2023 - Date of this version: 11.5.2023
satisfied with the democracy as it exists in Germany than workers in firms without such a participatory workplace institution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014282756
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A PUSH TO GEORGE ( IN ) BUSH
DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2005
An imperative need has arisen to provide a Constructive push to the President Bush. American population, Corporate units, Expatriates and all nations with their currency related to US $, are not happy in the current $ dipping situation. Even the currencies of poor nations are galloping upward in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556940
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70 years after the German currency and economic reform : the monetary, economic and political order in Europe is disturbed
Schnabl, Gunther - 2018
of the European Central Bank undermines market principles, growth and social cohesion in Europe, thereby eroding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931054