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The political system always has a significant impact on economic indicators. Currency exchange is one of the indicators, which is influenced directly or indirectly by political developments. Investors and economic agents make investment decisions by not only economic outcomes but also political...
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effects of citizens' socio-economic features, political participation, activism and trust as pointing to either an expressive … relative income and the effect of civic participation and trust variables. In addition, the profile of voters is differentiated …, legitimization and the quality of democracy in Greece. …
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Despite some indications to the contrary, religion still plays an important role in contemporary society. In this paper, the association between religion and the quality of public goods and services, measured by the so-called “delivery quality” index of the Worldwide Governance Indicators...
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We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal freedom. While judicial … independence is positively and robustly related to personal freedom in all its forms, electoral democracy displays a robust …
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significant effect in the pre-election year. In addition, we found evidence suggesting that though democracy significantly lowers …
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The number of immigrants from developing countries living in richer, more developed countries has increased substantially during the last decades. At the same time, the quality of institutions in developing countries has also improved. The data thus suggest a close positive correlation between...
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and democracy, depending on whether it appears in the form of rises in income or in education: A higher income level … reduces democracy, whereas more education leads to both more democracy and more repression. These theoretical implications are …
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Some … may look at the depleted nature of Russia's military after its invasion of Ukraine and incorrectly surmise that defence spending increases are not that necessary after all.
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Sowohl der Aufstieg Chinas als auch der Angriff Russlands auf die Ukraine haben gezeigt, dass wirtschaftliche Offenheit auch Abhängigkeiten schaffen kann, die für geopolitische Ziele genutzt werden. Ein vermehrter Einsatz von Handelsbeschränkungen und Sanktionen kann beobachtet werden. Dabei...
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