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Peeva, Aleksandra - 2019

Do sanctions strengthen the targeted regime? I analyze the 2014 imposition of Western sanctions on Russia and its impact on voting. The United States and the European Union introduced targeted measures against Russian entities and individuals related to President Putin's regime. Using polling...

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Did sanctions help Putin?

Peeva, Aleksandra - 2019

Do sanctions strengthen the targeted regime? I analyze the 2014 imposition of Western sanctions on Russia and its impact on voting. The US and the EU introduced targeted measures against Russian entities and individuals related to Putin's regime. Using polling station-level data I investigate...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012016315

WTO accession and the political economy of state-owned enterprise reform in Vietnam

Vũ Thành Tự Anh - 2014

-owned enterprise reform in the context of Vietnam's accession to the WTO. …

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Challenges for food subsidy reform : lessons learnt from the just distribution of subsidies scheme in Iran

Tajmazinani, Ali Akbar - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2024

. This discussion paper examines the most recent experience of food subsidy reform in Iran in order to derive some lessons … reform (the replacement of consumer subsidies by targeted direct cash transfers paid out by the JDSS), and what challenges … might such a reform entail? A secondary analysis of national data on “household expenditures” and “price index” is used to …

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It takes two to Tango : lobbies and the political business cycle

Horgos, Daniel; Zimmermann, Klaus W. - 2009

With interest groups significantly affecting economic performance (according to Mancur Olson) and a vital interest of governments in economic growth and low unemployment in order to win elections, there should be a link between political business cycles and the evolution of lobbies over time...

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The Impact of Money in Politics on Labor and Capital : Evidence from Citizens United v. FEC

Akey, Pat; Babina, Tania; Buchak, Greg; Tenekedjieva, … - 2022

The perceived increase in corporate political influence has raised concerns that corporations advance policies that benefit capital and harm labor. We examine whether money in politics harms labor using the surprise Supreme Court ruling Citizens United v. FEC (2010), which rendered bans on...

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Estimating the Effects of Political Pressure on the Fed : A Narrative Approach with New Data

Drechsel, Thomas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This paper combines new data and a narrative approach to identify shocks to political pressure on the Federal Reserve. From archival records, I build a data set of personal interactions between U.S. Presidents and Fed officials between 1933 and 2016. Since personal interactions do not...

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The Impact of Money in Politics on Labor and Capital : Evidence from Citizens United v. FEC

Akey, Pat; Babina, Tania; Buchak, Greg; Tenekedjieva, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We examine whether corporate money in politics benefits or hurts labor using the 2010 Supreme Court ruling Citizens United, which rendered bans on political election spending unconstitutional. In difference-in-difference analyses, affected states experience increases in both capital and labor...

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Biased forecasts and voting : the Brexit referendum case

Bizzotto, Jacopo; Cipullo, Davide; Reslow, André - 2024 - This version: July 1, 2024

This paper explores whether professional macroeconomic forecasters manipulate their forecasts to influence voting outcomes. We model a referendum in which a voter chooses between two policies. The voter relies on a forecaster to learn about the macroeconomic consequences of the policies. The...

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Institutions, Lobbying, and Economic Performance

Heckelman, Jac C. - 2015

, economic freedom that emerges as a result of costly lobbying efforts may be less fruitful. In an extreme case, costly lobbying … efforts may even negate the growth-enhancing effect of economic freedom. To the extent that lobbying efforts constitute an … of lobbying is greater the more efficient is the institutional environment. Panel data analysis reveals the expected …

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