We consider a test of expressive voting developed by Brennan and Lomasky (1993). They point out that in presidential elections the probability of a tie, and casting a decisive vote, increases 'multi-billionfold' as the election becomes increasingly close. They conjecture that if voters are...

Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience offer systematic evidence that fictional works exert a surprisingly strong influence on readers and have the power to shape their opinions and worldviews. Building on these findings, we study ‘Potterian economics’, the economic ideas, insights...

We examine whether changes of government influence compliance with international agreements. We investigate compliance with the NATO two percent target to which all NATO countries committed themselves during the NATO summit in Wales in 2014. The dataset includes the military expenditure by NATO...

Für Jens Bullerjahn, Minister der Finanzen des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, ist es entscheidend, wie die neuen Länder aus der gegenwärtigen Krise herauskommen. Es gehe zunächst darum, die in den letzten 20 Jahren erfolgreich aufgebaute wirtschaftliche Substanz zu sichern, um dann den...