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Reddy, Karthik; Schularick, Moritz; Skreta, Vasiliki - 2021

Legal provisions that protect politicians from arrest and prosecution exist throughout much of the modern democratic … world. Why, and with what effects, do societies choose to place their politicians above the law? We examine the institution …; while statutory immunity provisions protect honest politicians from politically-motivated charges, they may also incentivize …

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Do Politicians 'Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is?' Ideology and Portfolio Choice

Aiken, Adam L. - 2017

previous work in this area. We find that politicians with similar beliefs hold similar portfolios and that more liberal members … engage in more socially responsible investing (SRI), even within political parties. Politicians disproportionately favor the …

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Finding common ground when experts disagree : belief dominance over portfolios of alternatives

Baker, Erin; Bosetti, Valentina; Salo, Ahti A. - 2016

We address the problem of choosing a portfolio of policies under "deep uncertainty." We introduce the idea of belief dominance as a way to derive a set of non-dominated portfolios and robust individual alternatives. Our approach departs from the tradition of providing a single recommended...

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Finding Common Ground When Experts Disagree : Belief Dominance Over Portfolios of Alternatives

Baker, Erin - 2017

We address the problem of choosing a portfolio of policies under “deep uncertainty.” We introduce the idea of belief dominance as a way to derive a set of non-dominated portfolios and robust individual alternatives. Our approach departs from the tradition of providing a single recommended...

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Regional Political Climate and Individual Portfolios

Mukhamadieva, Marina - 2018

increases the probability to be invested in the market by 10%. Consistent with the theory of political conservatism, in regions …

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Trade Unions, Employee Share Ownership and Wage Setting : A Supply-Side Approach to the Share Economy

Renstrom, Thomas I.; Roszbach, Kasper - 1998

Employee share ownership is growing increasingly important. This paper studies employee share ownership in an economy with one monopoly union for each firm. We modify an implicit contract model by adding dividend income to the usual wage income. Union members differ in exogenous stock endowments...

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