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Empirical Studies on Public Debt and Fiscal Transfers

Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2016

. Chapter 3 examines whether the municipalities' voting behavior in state elections in a German state influenced the …

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Has immigration contributed to the rise of rightwing extremist parties in Europe?

Edo, Anthony; Giesing, Yvonne - 2020

Alongside a range of already well documented factors such as deindustrialization, technological progress and international trade, a series of recent empirical econometric studies show that immigration has contributed to the rise of extreme right-wing parties in Europe. Our study highlights,...

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Europa wählt: Wen interessiert's und warum? Einstellungen der Deutschen zur EU-Wahl und Europapolitik

Diermeier, Matthias; Niehues, Judith; Sultan, Samina - 2024

Die vorliegende Studie zeigt auf Basis der IW-Personenbefragung 2024, dass rund 62 Prozent der Deutschen die Wahl des Europäischen Parlaments für wichtig halten. Dies ist das Ergebnis unter rund 5.200 Befragten. Der Anteil liegt damit in etwa so hoch wie die Wahlbeteiligung im Jahr 2019. Die...

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Vulnerability and Bargaining Power in EU-Russia Gas Relations

Christie, Edward Hunter; Bev, Pavel K.; Golovko, Volodymyr - 2011

This report contains three separate papers, each addressing selected issues concerning natural gas policy and security of gas supply in Europe. The over-arching themes are vulnerability (to supply disruptions, to supplier pricing power) and fragmentation; and measures designed to overcome them,...

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How political, spatial, and administrative changes shape the local level: Evidence from municipalities

Dörr, Luisa - 2022

Luisa Dörr prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy. The study was completed in February 2022 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of three distinct empirical essays...

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Essays in political economy

Ruthardt, Fabian - 2023

This thesis examines the reciprocity between the economy and elections, politicians, and policies. To inform voters about the consequences of their ballot choices, understanding the triangular relationship between the economy, political actors, and policies is essential. In representative...

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Essays in applied economics

Alipour, Jean-Victor - 2023

. Chapter 1 shows that a well-intentioned policy can create unintended barrier to voting by creating seemingly small shocks to … voting costs. Election administrators in Munich control precinct size and recruit new polling places to improve voting … polling place causes a persistent shift from in-person to mail-in voting and a transitory drop in total turnout. The results …

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(Mis-)information technology: Internet use and perception of democracy in Africa

Cariolle, Joël; Elkhateeb, Yasmine; Maurel, Mathilde - 2023

The Internet has significantly expanded worldwide, changing our relationship with the world, and the way we communicate, educate, and inform ourselves. Africa, despite having a very low number of fixed-broadband subscriptions for 100 inhabitants, has not escaped the Internet phenomenon, as the...

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Learning, voting and the information trap

Berentsen, Aleksander; Bruegger, Esther; Loertscher, Simon - 2005

We consider a median voter model with uncertainty about how the economy functions. The distribution of income is exogenously given and the provision of a public good is financed through a proportional tax. Voters and politicians do not know the true production function for the public good, but...

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Grenzen der Diffusion von New Public Management: Eine polit-ökonomische Untersuchung für die Schweiz und ihre Gemeinden

Reber, Kilian - 2006

Aufgrund von stetig anwachsenden Ausgaben und Schulden des öffentlichen Sektors, sowie gleichzeitig einer Verschlechterung der allgemeinen Wirtschaftslage, wurde in den OECD-Ländern seit den 70er und 80er Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts zunehmend ein effizienter(er) Staat gefordert. In der Folge...

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