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Whose Preferences Matter for Redistribution : Cross-country Evidence

Maréchal, Michel André; Cohn, Alain; Yusof, Jeffrey; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Using cross-sectional data from 93 countries, we investigate the relationship between the desired level of redistribution among citizens from different socioeconomic backgrounds and the actual extent of government redistribution. Our focus on redistribution arises from the inherent class...

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Urbanization and the change in political elites

Franck, Raphaël; Gay, Victor - 2024

This study argues that urbanization changed the relationship between the occupation of candidates running in parliamentary elections and their electoral success. To identify local-level variation in urbanization, we leverage exogenous changes to the boundaries of electoral constituencies in the...

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The rule of law approach for more resilient institutions : judicial accountability and independence, and global economic activities

Mehmood, Sultan - 2023

This policy paper explores the judiciary's pivotal role in development, covering property rights, government accountability, and contract enforcement. It underscores the importance of impartial judicial institutions, focusing on independence, accountability, and their role in stabilizing global...

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Recognizing and Countering Authoritarian Threats to Democracy : What Role for Business?

Kinderman, Daniel P. - 2022

forces provides to democracy's survival. Can businesspeople play a constructive role and help to protect democracy from … authoritarian threats? Drawing on Levitsky and Ziblatt and Müller, the paper deliniates warning signs and hard borders of democracy … action to defend democracy. Since these actions may not offer any immediate economic benefits, these actions must be guided …

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Financial Market Exposure Increases Generalized Trust, Particularly Among the Politically Polarized

Jha, Saumitra; Shayo, Moses; Weiss, Chagai - 2023

Political polarization and lack of trust can greatly hamper the implementation of beneficial policies and broader economic development. Thus it is crucial to understand how to build trust, especially in polarized societies. We argue that carefully-designed exposure to trade in broad financial...

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The Impact of Voice and Accountability in the ESG Framework in a Global Perspective

Costantiello, Alberto; Leogrande, Angelo - 2023

“Adjusted Savings: Natural Resources Depletion”, and “Annualized Average Growth Rate in Per Capita Real Survey Mean Consumption … predictive algorithm according to R-Squared, MAE, MSE and RMSE. The level of VA is expected to growth on average of 2.92% for the …

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How Zombie Economicus Is Gradually Replacing Homo Economicus

Papava, Vladimer - 2023

affect economic growth, and, more importantly, the loss of votes of those voters in political elections who may be left …

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Protests, long-term preferences, and populism : evidence from 1968 in Europe

Fazio, Andrea - 2023

In 1968, young people grew up in an atmosphere of strong dissatisfaction and distrust against the status quo. We show that higher exposure to protests in 1968 leads to higher dissatisfaction toward national governments and raises the probability of voting for populist parties. Consistently with...

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Terrorism and voting : the rise of right-wing populism in Germany

Sabet, Navid; Liebald, Marius; Friebel, Guido - 2023

Can right-wing terrorism increase support for far-right populist parties, and if so, why? Exploiting quasi-random variation between successful and failed attacks across German municipalities, we find that successful attacks lead to significant increases in the vote share for the right-wing,...

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Kosten der Umsetzung von EU-Recht für Bund und Länder

Wimmel, Andreas - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 103 (2023) 9, pp. 642-647

Die Umsetzung von EU-Recht in die innerstaatliche Rechtsordnung kann die Haushalte von Bund und Ländern erheblich belasten. Um derartige finanzielle Auswirkungen zu ermitteln, werden die in Gesetzentwürfen veranschlagten Staatsausgaben für Rechtsakte der EU über einen Zeitraum von 30 Jahren...

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