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Commodity Windfalls, Polarization, and Net Foreign Assets: Panel Data Evidence on the Voracity Effect

Arezki, Rabah; Brückner, Markus - CESifo - 2011

This paper examines the effects that windfalls from international commodity price booms have on net foreign assets in a panel of 145 countries during the period 1970-2007. The main finding is that windfalls from international commodity price booms lead to a significant increase in net foreign...

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Elites or Masses? A Structural Model of Policy Divergence, Voter Sorting and Apparent Polarization in U.S. Presidential Elections, 1972-2008

Krasa, Stefan; Polborn, Mattias - CESifo - 2012

polarization of the electorate into changes in the distribution of voter ideal positions and consequences of elite polarization …

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The Citizen-Candidate Model with Imperfect Policy Control

Aytimur, R. Emre; Boukouras, Aristotelis; Schwager, Robert - CESifo - 2012

We examine the two-candidate equilibria of the citizen-candidate model when the implemented policy arises from a compromise between the government and an unelected external power. We show that the equilibria of this model differ significantly from the original: the distance between the...

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Strategic Restraint in Contests

Epstein, Gil S.; Nitzan, Shmuel - CESifo - 2000

competition over endogenously determined policies induces strategic restraint that reduces polarization and, in turn, wasteful …

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Political Polarization and the Electoral Effects of Media Bias

Bernhardt, Dan; Krasa, Stefan; Polborn, Mattias - CESifo - 2006

Many political commentators diagnose an increasing polarization of the U.S. electorate into two opposing camps. However … position of the median voter does not change. We show that media bias provides a mechanism through which political polarization … electoral outcomes. We show that polarization increases the profitability of slanting news, thereby raising the likelihood of …

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Technological Regimes in the Brazilian Manufacturing Industry: An Empirical Investigation

Vieira, Vinicius; Resende, Marcelo - CESifo - 2013

The paper aims at assessing technological regimes in the context of the Brazilian manufacturing industry along the 2000-2005 period. The industries were classified in terms of SM-I and SM-II technological regimes by means of multivariate statistical methods based on variable approximating...

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The Deepening China Brazil Economic Relationship

Whalley, John; Medianu, Dana - CESifo - 2010

We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply … international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade between Brazil and China surging after 2001 and China is now Brazil …’s largest export market while Brazil’s export share to the US has halved. The number of bilateral cooperation agreements between …

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The Extensive Margin of Exporting Products: A Firm-level Analysis

Arkolakis, Costas; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - CESifo - 2010

We use a panel of Brazilian exporters, their products, and destination markets to document a set of regularities for multi-product exporters: (i) few top-selling products account for the bulk of a firm’s exports in a market, (ii) the distribution of exporter scope (the number of products per...

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The Structure of Worker Compensation in Brazil, with a Comparison to France and the United States

Filho, Naércio Aquino Menezes; Muendler, Marc-Andreas; … - CESifo - 2006

We employ a comprehensive matched employer-employee data set for Brazil to analyze wage determinants and compare … selectivity of Brazilian workers into formal employment. The links between firm performance and wage components in Brazil resemble …

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College Expansion and Curriculum Choice

Kaganovich, Michael; Su, Xuejuan - CESifo - 2015

This paper analyzes the impact of college enrollment expansion on student academic achievements and labor market outcomes in the context of competition among colleges. When public policies promote “access” to college education, colleges adjust their curricula: Less selective public colleges...

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