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Immigration has become a hot topic in West European politics. The factors responsible for the intensification of political conflict on this issue are a matter of considerable controversy. This holds in particular for the role of socio-economic factors and of radical right populist parties. This...
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1960s. We have compiled the first historical bibliography of household budget surveys in Western Europe and, using the …
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The purpose of this study is to investigate whether discretionary provisioning by Western European banks is driven by income smoothing or credit risk considerations. We find evidence that discretionary provisioning by Western European banks is driven by income smoothing incentives in the...
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trade contributed to Europe's pacification between 1640 and 1896. While the decline in conflict in Europe during this period … Europe and the New World, which we use as a proxy for Atlantic trade. To identify the causal effects of Atlantic trade, we … army and navy sizes in Europe. Second, we show that the possibility of forgone Atlantic trade acted as a deterrent to …
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Academic interest in human trafficking has been surging in the past decade. Empirical studies of the problem are still scarce and non-systematic. In the present manuscript, I explore public opinion about human trafficking in 15 West European democracies, which, for the most part, are final...
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By relocating both multinational corporations subsidiaries and small-medium enterprises between territorial systems globalization and digitalization are driving a substantial restructuring of world economy. Despite its expected disappearance, incumbent territorial systems are witnessing a time...
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This paper analyses the websites of 82 national daily newspapers in eight Western European countries, in order to determine their online revenue models. Overall, 80.5 per cent of our newspapers try to monetise (part of) their online content in direct ways. In doing so, the bulk of the paying...
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