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Determinants of revolt : evidence from survey and laboratory data

Abbink, Klaus (contributor); Pezzini, Silvia (contributor) - 2005

This paper examines determinants of revolutionary behaviour. We study the role of freedom of communication, repression of opposition and the government’s selfishness. Combining econometric analysis of survey data with a laboratory experiment, we analyse how these factors affect preferences for...

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Identity and Conflict : Evidence from Tuareg Rebellion in Mali

Ananyev, Maxim; Poyker, Michael - 2021

We demonstrate that civil conflict erodes self-identification with a nation-state even among non-rebellious ethnic groups in non-conflict areas. We perform a difference-in-difference estimation using Afrobarometer data. Using the onset of Tuareg-led insurgency in Mali caused by the demise of the...

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Culture and tax structures

König, Tobias; Wagener, Andreas - 2012

We argue that societies with a stronger tendency towards postmaterialist life goals tilt the tax structure towards personal income taxes and away from corporate taxation. We provide empirical evidence for this correlation in OECD countries. To address endogeneity issues we then use an...

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The impact of institutions, culture, and religion on per capita income

Dobler, Constanze - 2009

institutions, geography, and integration on per capita income. Concerning theoretical reasoning, emphasis is on the emergence of … institutions and their effect on economic growth. However, institutions can appear in different shapes since political, legal, and …, a differentiation between formal and informal institutions is made. Informal institutions are defined as beliefs …

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Culture and tax structures

König, Tobias; Wagener, Andreas - 2012

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The cycle of violence? An empirical analysis of fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Jaeger, David A.; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2005

This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or Al-Aqsa) Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with...

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The cycle of violence? : An empirical analysis of fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Jaeger, David A. (contributor); … - 2005

This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or "Al-Aqsa") Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003189630

What makes a revolution?

MacCulloch, Robert - 1999 - Draft

A fundamental requirement of market economies is the security of ownership claims to property. Yet history is littered with cases of challenges to these claims. A large literature has found contradictory evidence for the effect of income and income inequality on revolt, possibly due to omitted...

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What Makes a Revolution?

MacCulloch, Robert - 2001

frequently overturned and redefined by revolution. A fundamental question for economists is what makes revolutions more likely to …

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Lucky You : Your Case is Heard by a Seasoned Panel - Panel Effects in the German Constitutional Court

Engel, Christoph - 2021

Panel effects have been widely studied in randomly composed panels. However for many courts, panel composition stays constant. Then judges become familiar with each other. They know what to expect from each other. There is room for mutual trust. A local culture may emerge. If rejection is the...

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