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Do elections accelerate the COVID-19 pandemic? : evidence from a natural experiment
Palguta, Ján; Levínský, René; Škoda, Samuel - 2021
a natural experiment from the Czech Republic which biannually renews mandates in 1/3 of Senate constituencies rotating … according to the 1995 election law. We show that in the second and third weeks after the 2020 elections (held on October 9 …
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Obamacare Implementation and the 2016 Election
Kogan, Vladimir - 2019
-level voting data to examine how health care reform affected the 2016 election. Overall, we find that personal experiences with the … Affordable Care Act influenced voting decisions and conceivably altered the presidential election outcome in pivotal states … voters purchasing coverage through the exchange responded to premium price hikes publicized shortly before the election …
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Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung nach der Wahl : Vielfalt statt Einheitlichkeit : eine Reformskizze zur Überwindung der "Zwei-Klassen-Medizin"
Pimpertz, Jochen - 2021
Ein überproportional starkes Wachstum der Pro-Kopf-Ausgaben prägt die gesetzlicheKrankenversicherung. Mitder Alterung der geburtenstarken Jahrgängewird sich dieser Trend noch verstärken. Steigende Finanzie-rungserfordernissewerdenaberin dem umlagefinanzierten System auf jüngere Kohorten...
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Lockdown and Voting Behaviour : A Natural Experiment on Postponed Elections during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Giommoni, Tommaso; Loumeau, Gabriel - 2020
The goal of this paper is to study the impact of the lockdown policy on voting behaviour, during the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus on France, where a differential lockdown was implemented across departments, based on the local diffusion of the disease. In particular, the country has been divided...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095017
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Fear of Obama : an empirical study of the demand for guns and the U.S. 2008 presidential election
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio - In: Journal of public economics 130 (2015), pp. 66-79
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Competitively Elected Women as Policy Makers
Hessami, Zohal - 2020
While still far from parity, female representation in politics has continuously increased over the last two decades worldwide. In light of this development, we analyze whether higher female representation has substantive effects on policy choices using the example of child care – a public good...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844418
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Partisan fertility and presidential elections
Dahl, Gordon B.; Lu, Runjing; Mullins, William - 2021
the surprise 2016 election of Trump to identify the effects of a shift in political power on one of the most consequential …
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Partisan fertility and presidential elections
Dahl, Gordon B.; Lu, Runjing; Mullins, William - 2021
the surprise 2016 election of Trump to identify the effects of a shift in political power on one of the most consequential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012745243
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The spillover of anti-immigration politics to the schoolyard
Bracco, Emanuele; De Paola, Maria; Green, Colin; … - 2020
There has been a resurgence in right wing and populist politics in recent years. A common element is a focus on immigration, an increase in anti-immigrant rhetoric, and the vilification of minorities. This in turn has the potential to lead to increases in societal hostility towards immigrants....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245042
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Competitively elected women as policy makers
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal - 2019
While still far from parity, female representation in politics has continuously increased over the last two decades worldwide. In light of this development, we analyze whether higher female representation has substantive effects on policy choices using the example of child care - a public good...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157910