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The toll of voting in a pandemic : municipal elections and the spread of COVID-19 in Bavaria
Güntner, Jochen - 2020
Elections may take place in precarious environments that even pose health risks. I consider the case of Bavaria, where close to ten million people were asked to vote in the municipal elections on March 15 of 2020, to quantify the toll of elections in a pandemic. Despite declaring a state of...
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Can financial incentives help disadvantaged schools to attract and retain high-performing teachers? : evidence from Chile
Elacqua, Gregory; Hincapié, Diana; Hincapié, Isabel; … - 2019
The extensive sorting of more talented teachers into the most advantaged schools contributes to the wide socioeconomic achievement gaps in Latin America. The Chilean Pedagogical Excellence Assignment (AEP, for its Spanish acronym) is a unique program in the region that provides monetary...
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Partisan impacts on the economy : evidence from prediction markets and close elections
Snowberg, Erik; Wolfers, Justin; Zitzewitz, Eric - 2006
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Partisan impacts on the economy : evidence from prediction markets and close elections
Snowberg, Erik (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor);  … - 2006
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Partisan impacts on the economy : evidence from prediction markets and close elections
Snowberg, Erik (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003416396
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Partisan impacts on the economy : evidence from prediction markets and close elections
Snowberg, Erik (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor);  … - 2006
Political economists interested in discerning the effects of election outcomes on the economy have been hampered by the … indicators caused by clearly exogenous changes in expectations about the likely winner during election day. Analyzing high …
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Partisan impacts on the economy : evidence from prediction markets and close elections
Snowberg, Erik; Wolfers, Justin; Zitzewitz, Eric - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003294665
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Baccini, Leonardo; Brodeur, Abel; Weymouth, Stephen - 2021
What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 U.S. presidential election? Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we … states, and in states that Trump won in 2016. A simple counterfactual analysis suggests that Trump would likely have won re-election …
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Did COVID-19 cost Trump the election?
Lake, James; Nie, Jun - 2021
A common narrative is that COVID-19 cost Trump re-election. We do not find supporting evidence; if anything, the … effect, our estimates imply Trump would been on the precipice of re-election by winning Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, and only …
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Baccini, Leonardo; Brodeur, Abel; Weymouth, Stephen - 2020
What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 U.S. presidential election? Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we … counterfactual analysis suggests that Trump would likely have won re-election if COVID-19 cases had been 5 percent lower. Our paper …
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