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The global economic impact of politicians : evidence from an international survey RCT
Boumans, Dorine; Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2021
-run and (ii) experts’ uncertainty increased after the election. Our results suggest that exceptional politicians influence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012504604
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Protectionism and economic growth : causal evidence from the first era of globalization
Potrafke, Niklas; Ruthardt, Fabian; Wüthrich, Kaspar - 2020
We investigate how protectionist policies influence economic growth. Our empirical strategy exploits an extraordinary tax scandal that gave rise to an unexpected change of government in Sweden. A free-trade majority in parliament was overturned by a protectionist majority in 1887. We employ the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387616
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Protectionism and economic growth : causal evidence from the first era of globalization
Potrafke, Niklas; Ruthardt, Fabian; Wüthrich, Kaspar - 2021
We investigate how protectionist policies influence short-run economic growth. Our empirical strategy exploits an extraordinary tax scandal that gave rise to an unexpected change of government in Sweden. A free-trade majority in parliament was overturned by a protectionist majority in 1887. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013337792
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Employment effects of investment grants and firm heterogeneity : evidence from a staggered treatment adoption approach
Dettmann, Eva; Titze, Mirko; Weyh, Antje - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
This study estimates the establishment-level employment effects of investment grants in Germany. In addition to the average treatment effect on the treated, we analyse the influence of establishment’s characteristics and economic environment on the magnitude of the effect. We apply a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025784
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Employment effects of investment grants and firm heterogeneity : evidence from a staggered adoption approach
Dettmann, Eva; Titze, Mirko; Weyh, Antje - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023 - This version: 06.12.2023
This study estimates the establishment-level employment effects of investment grants in Germany. In addition to the average treatment effect for the treated, we focus on discrimination in the funding rules as potential source of effect heterogeneity. We combine the difference-in-differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014435448
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Protectionism and Economic Growth : Causal Evidence from the First Era of Globalization
Potrafke, Niklas; Ruthardt, Fabian; Wuthrich, Kaspar - 2021
We investigate how protectionist policies influence short-run economic growth. Our empirical strategy exploits an extraordinary tax scandal that gave rise to an unexpected change of government in Sweden. A free-trade majority in parliament was overturned by a protectionist majority in 1887. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013227482
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Small business under the COVID-19 crisis : expected short- and medium-run effects of anti-contagion and economic policies
Kawaguchi, Kohei; Kodama, Naomi; Tanaka, Mari - In: Journal of the Japanese and international economies : … 61 (2021), pp. 1-13
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Quantifying the impacts of air transportation on economic productivity : a quasi-experimental causal analysis
Carbo, Jose M.; Graham, Daniel J. - In: Economics of transportation : the official journal of … 24 (2020), pp. 1-13
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Identifying the effects of place-based policies : causal evidence from German
Dettmann, Eva; Brachert, Matthias; Titze, Mirko - 2016
The German government provides discretionary investment grants to structurally weak regions to reduce regional disparities. We use a regression discontinuity design that exploits an exogenous discrete jump in the probability of receiving investment grants, to identify the causal effects of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475960
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Identifying the effects of place-based policies : causal evidence from Germany
Dettmann, Eva; Brachert, Matthias; Titze, Mirko - 2016
The German government provides discretionary investment grants to structurally weak regions to reduce regional disparities. We use a regression discontinuity design that exploits an exogenous discrete jump in the probability of receiving investment grants to identify the causal effects of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479070