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Elites or masses? A structural model of policy divergence, voter sorting and apparent polarization in U.S. presidential elections, 1972-2008
Krasa, Stefan; Polborn, Mattias - 2012
polarization of the electorate into changes in the distribution of voter ideal positions and consequences of elite polarization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281037
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Politics in the Facebook era evidence from the 2016 US presidential elections
Liberini, Federica; Redoano, Michela; Russo, Antonio; … - 2020
Through social media, politicians can personalize their campaigns and target specific groups of voters with an unprecedented precision. We assess the effects of such political micro-targeting by exploiting daily advertising prices on Facebook during the 2016 US presidential campaign. We measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206082
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The war on illegal drugs in producer and consumer countries: a simple analytical framework
Mejía, Daniel - 2008
This paper develops a model of the war against illegal drugs in both producer and consumer countries. The paper studies the trade-off faced by the government of the drug consumer country between prevention policies (aimed at reducing the demand for drugs) and enforcement policies (aimed at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264484
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Are drone strikes effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the dynamics of violence between the United States and the Taliban
Jaeger, David A.; Siddique, Zahra - 2011
Strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been the primary weapon used by the United States to combat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286855
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Diasporas and conflict
Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016
We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor … involved in the conflict by transferring financial resources to its origin country. We find that the diaspora influences the … conflict equilibrium, the two groups of residents prefer to negotiate a peaceful settlement if there exists a sharing rule that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544003
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The political economy of Kosher Wars
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
In this paper we develop a theory of “Kosher Wars” under which Rabbis (certifying authorities) compete to enhance the level of Jewish observation of their congregations. The level of observance can be seen as the Rabbi’s rents. Our rent-seeking model explains the establishment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318373
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Distributional preferences in probabilistic and share contests
Hoffmann, Magnus; Kolmar, Martin - 2013
We analyze Nash equilibria of share and probabilistic contests when players have distributional preferences. If players are sufficiently similar, distributional preferences create multiple equilibria. For the case of only mildly heterogeneous players, equilibrium effort can be lower as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727108
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Brothers in arms : an experiment on the alliance puzzle
Ke, Changxia; Konrad, Kai A.; Morath, Florian - 2012
equally and peacefully. -- Alliance ; Conflict ; Contest ; Free-riding ; Hold-up problem ; In-group solidarity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009671102
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Anti-Elite Politics and Emotional Reactions to Socio-Economic Problems. Experimental Evidence on 'Pocketbook Anger' from France, Germany, and the United States
Marx, Paul - 2019
Many observers have noticed the importance of anger in contemporary politics, particularly with reference to populism. This article addresses the question under which conditions people become angry about a specific aspect of their lives: their personal financial situation. Specifically, it asks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870139
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Terrorism and Voting Behavior : Evidence from the United States
Baccini, Leonardo; Brodeur, Abel; Nossek, Sean; Shor, Eran - 2021
This paper examines the impact of terrorism on voting behavior in the United States. We rely on an exhaustive list of terror attacks over the period 1970-2016 and exploit the inherent randomness of the success or failure of terror attacks to identify the political impacts of terrorism. We first...
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