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Levy, Daniel C.; Snir, Avichai - 2017

Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience find that fictional works exert strong influence on readers and shape their opinions and worldviews. We study the Potterian economy, which we compare to economic models, to assess how Harry Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some...

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When do countries implement structural reforms?

da Silva, Antonio Dias; Givone, Audrey; Sondermann, David - 2017

The objective of this paper is to investigate which factors - macroeconomic, policy - related or institutional - foster the implementation of structural reforms. To this objective, we look at episodes of structural reforms over three decades across 40 OECD and EU countries and link them to such...

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Immigration and Electoral Support for the Far Left and the Far Right

Edo, Anthony; Giesing, Yvonne; Öztunc, Jonathan; … - 2017

Immigration has become one of the most divisive political issues in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right parties in France, using panel data on presidential elections from...

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Immigration and Electoral Support for the Far-Left and the Far-Right

Edo, Anthony; Giesing, Yvonne; Öztunc, Jonathan; … - 2018

Immigration has become one of the most divisive political issues in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right candidates in France, using panel data on presidential elections from...

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Dismantling the "Jungle": Migrant Relocation and Extreme Voting in France

Vertier, Paul; Viskanic, Max - 2018

Can a small scale inflow of migrants affect electoral outcomes? We study whether the relocation of migrants from the Calais “Jungle” to temporary migrant-centers (CAOs) in France affected the results of the 2017 presidential election. Using an instrumental variables approach that relies on...

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Toward a more general approach to political stability in comparative political systems

Apolte, Thomas - 2012

distinguishes different subgroups of a society, some of which have a potential for pursuing a redistribution of wealth in its … redistribution cycles, leading to failed states. For much the same reason, democratic constitutions contain effective measures … against redistribution cycles. Stability within non-democracies, by contrast, can be explained by the fact that commitments …

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Invest, expropriate, or wait? Expected income and the demand for redistribution

Harms, Philipp; Zink, Stefan - 2000

redistribution inflicts a persistent damage on the economy and thus reduces agents' future earning possibilities prevents the poor …

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Constitutions and economic development: Evidence from the American Indian Nations

Akee, Randall K. Q.; Jorgensen, Miriam; Sunde, Uwe - 2012

This paper presents an empirical examination of economic and institutional development. Utilizing a novel data set on American Indian tribal nations, we investigate how constitutional design affects economic development, while holding the broader legal and political environment fixed....

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Incumbent Advantage, Voter Information and Vote Buying

Cruz, Cesi; Keefer, Philip; Labonne, Julien - 2016

Results from a new experiment shed light on the effects of voter information on vote buying and incumbent advantage. The treatment provided voters with information about a major spending program and the proposed allocations and promises of mayoral candidates just prior to municipal elections. It...

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Elite selection in an autocracy: The career costs of political ties

Bielefeld, Leonie; Mohr, Cathrin - 2023

We study the selection of the political elite in an autocratic state. Using detailed CV data on potential politicians in the German Democratic Republic, we track and quantify the position of individuals in the state hierarchy over time and exploit exogenous connections between individuals that...

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