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We document a sharp increase in hate crime in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum. We show that this rise was more … referendum was a source of new information about society's overall preferences over immigration in a context where other … determinants of attitudes remained constant. We exploit this feature of the referendum for identification. We build a quantitative …
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There were large regional differentials in the Brexit vote. Most notably, the percentage voting to leave the EU ranged from 38% in Scotland and 40% in London to 59% in the East and West Midlands. Turnout also varied across Britain, from a low of 67% in Scotland to 77% in the South East and South...
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Public referenda on Olympic bids have drawn considerable interest in the recent past, also because - with few exceptions - the voters decided against the Olympic ambitions of the local governments and/or local bid committees. For example, within the last five years before the finalizing of this...
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