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Political competition and legislative shirking in roll-call votes : evidence from Germany for 1953-2017

Frank, Marco; Stadelmann, David - 2020

We analyze the impact of elected competitors from the same constituency on legislative shirking in the German Bundestag from 1953 to 2017. The German electoral system ensures that there is always at least one federal legislator per constituency with a varying number of elected competitors from...

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Political representation in the wake of ethnic violence and post-conflict institutional reform : comparing views from Rwandan and Burundian citizens

Ingelaere, Bert; Ndayiragije, Réginas; Verpoorten, Marijke - 2022

The lack of political representation often lies at the origin of identity-based violence, and, when not resolved, can re-ignite violence. We study who perceives gains and losses in political representation in Rwanda and Burundi and why. We rely on a quantitative and qualitative analysis of over...

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Ethnic conflict: the role of ethnic representation

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Lakshmi Iyer - 2023

-random variation in legislator religion generated by the results of close elections. We find that the presence of Muslim legislators …

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The End of the European Welfare States? Migration, Ethnic Diversity and Public Goods

Harmon, Nikolaj A. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2010

extrapolation might be misguided. Using data on municipal elections and budgetary outcomes in Danish municipalities 1981-2001 this … data, the main results of the paper show that ethnic diversity has impacted outcomes of municipal elections in a way …

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The End of the European Welfare States? Migration, Ethnic Diversity and Public Goods

Harmon, Nikolaj A. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2010

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Reviewed development policies in the South of Italy: history of enterprises and regional accounts related to the "Cassa per il Mezzogiorno" interventions

Felice E.; Lepore A. - In: Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno (2013) 3, pp. 593-634

Recent studies suggest that the only convergence of Southern Italy towards the Italian and European average, from 1951 to 1973, was due to the massive regional policy pursued through the State-owned agency "Cassa per il Mezzogiorno" (1950-1984). From the oil shocks onwards, however, public...

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Highway to Hitler

Voigtländer, Nico; Voth, Hans-Joachim - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2014

Can infrastructure investment win "hearts and minds"? We analyze a famous case in the early stages of dictatorship - the building of the motorway network in Nazi Germany. The Autobahn was one of the most important projects of the Hitler government. It was intended to reduce unemployment, and was...

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Highway to Hitler

Voigtländer, Nico; Voth, Hans-Joachim - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2014

Can infrastructure investment win "hearts and minds"? We analyze a famous case in the early stages of dictatorship – the building of the motorway network in Nazi Germany. The Autobahn was one of the most important projects of the Hitler government. It was intended to reduce unemployment, and...

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Highway To Hitler

Voigtländer, Nico; Voth, Hans-Joachim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Can infrastructure investment win “hearts and minds”? We analyze a famous case in the early stages of dictatorship – the building of the motorway network in Nazi Germany. The Autobahn was one of the most important projects of the Hitler government. It was intended to reduce unemployment,...

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Instability, economic stagnation and the role of islam in the North Caucasus

Dobler, Constanze - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fakultät … - 2011

Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the North Caucasus is known as a politically unstable region and as a melting pot for terrorism and all kinds of criminal activity, reaching from drugtrafficking and illegal arms trade to hijacking and extortion. Furthermore, the North Caucasus is one of...

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