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We investigate empirically how party ideology influences size and scope of government as measured by the size of … differences in Democratic and Republican Party ideology. We distinguish between three types of divided government: overall divided … deregulating labor markets. We find that ideology-induced policies were counteracted under overall divided government and proposal …
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disentangle the extent to which political ideology and other individual characteristics predict inflation expectations: around 25 …
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disentangle the extent to which political ideology and other individual characteristics predict inflation expectations: around 25 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119953
We investigate empirically how party ideology influences size and scope of government as measured by the size of … differences in Democratic and Republican Party ideology. We distinguish between three types of divided government: overall divided … deregulating labor markets. We find that ideology-induced policies were counteracted under overall divided government and proposal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315778
We study the long run effects of immigration on U.S. political ideology. We establish a new result: historical European … immigration is associated with stronger preferences for redistribution and a more liberal ideology among Americans today. We … political ideology starting with the New Deal, and persisted since then …
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We test the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today. We …-lasting effect on the political ideology of US born individuals. Our analysis proceeds in three steps. First, we document that the … historical presence of European immigrants is associated with a more liberal political ideology and with stronger preferences for …
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This paper describes the role of government ideology on economic policy-making in the United States. I consider studies …, measurement of government ideology and empirical strategies to identify causal effects. Many studies conclude that parties do …, but these studies using data for the national level do not derive causal effects. Ideology-induced policies are prevalent …
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Higher economic growth was generated during Democratic presidencies compared to Republican presidencies in the United States. The question is why. Blinder and Watson (2016) explain that the Democratic-Republican presidential growth gap (D-R growth gap) can hardly be attributed to the policies...
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This paper describes the role of government ideology on economic policy-making in the United States. I consider studies …, measurement of government ideology and empirical strategies to identify causal effects. Many studies conclude that parties do …, but these studies using data for the national level do not derive causal effects. Ideology-induced policies are prevalent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646733
Politicians' behavioral changes as an election nears have typically been attributed to the incentive effects of an election. I document that behavioral changes can occur even for unelected judges.Using data from 1925-2002 on U.S. appellate judges, who are appointed for life, I find that just...
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