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The Golden Hello and Political Transitions

Aidt, Toke S.; Albornoz, Facundo; Gassebner, Martin - CESifo - 2012

probability of a transition from autocracy to democracy and reduces the probability of democratic survival. …

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Political Leader Survival: Does Competence Matter?

Yu, Shu; Jong-A-Pin, Richard - CESifo - 2013

We examine whether economic and military competence of political leaders affect their duration in office. We introduce leader heterogeneity in the selectorate theory of Bueno de Mesquita et al. (2003) and derive the hypothesis that in the presence of a revolutionary threat, economic competence...

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Tullock Challenges: Happiness, Revolutions and Democracy

Frey, Bruno S. - CESifo - 2011

Gordon Tullock has been one of the most important founders and contributors to Public Choice. Two innovations are typical “Tullock Challenges”. The first relates to method: the measurement of subjective well-being, or happiness. The second relates to digital social networks such as Facebook,...

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Spill-over Effects of Affirmative Action: Political Representation and the Power of the Elderly

Baltrunaite, Audinga; Casarico, Alessandra; Profeta, Paola - CESifo - 2014

There is evidence that age matters in politics. In this paper we study whether implementation of affirmative action … policies on gender can generate additional effects on an alternative dimension of representation, namely, the age of … municipalities and use a Difference in differences estimation to analyze the effect of gender quotas on the age of elected …

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Racial Group Affinity and Religious Giving: Evidence from Congregation-Level Panel Data

Dimitrova-Grajzl, Valentina; Grajzl, Peter; Guse, A. Joseph - CESifo - 2014

Since giving to religious organizations constitutes a substantial portion of total charitable giving, an understanding of the determinants of religious giving is a vital policy concern. Drawing on a novel congregation-level panel dataset, we examine whether religious giving is driven by...

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Suicide Attacks and Religious Cleavages

Filote, Andra; Potrafke, Niklas; Ursprung, Heinrich - CESifo - 2015

Many experts claim that the incidence of suicide attacks is driven by religious cleavages. To test this hypothesis, we investigate whether the total number of suicide attacks per violent conflict or the annual number of suicide attacks per country is associated with simmering religious...

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Social Cohesion, Religious Beliefs, and the Effect of Protestantism on Suicide

Sascha O, Becker; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2015

In an economic theory of suicide, we model social cohesion of the religious community and religious beliefs about afterlife as two mechanisms by which Protestantism increases suicide propensity. We build a unique micro-regional dataset of 452 Prussian counties in 1816-21 and 1869-71, when...

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The Female Vote and the Rise of AKP in Turkey

Fidrmuc, Jan; Tunali, Cigdem Börke - CESifo - 2015

Differences between the voting behavior of men and women have become one of the most significant issues in social science research in recent years. In this study, we examine whether there is gender gap in voting behavior in Turkey. Using European Social Survey data, we find that education level...

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The Effect of Income on Religiousness

Buser, Thomas - CESifo - 2014

How does income affect religiousness? Using self-collected survey data, we estimate the effects of income on religious behaviour. As a source of exogenous income variation we use a change in the eligibility criteria for a government cash transfer in Ecuador and apply a regression discontinuity...

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Not the Opium of the People: Income and Secularization in a Panel of Prussian Counties

Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2013

The interplay between religion and the economy has occupied social scientists for long. We construct a unique panel of income and Protestant church attendance for six waves of up to 175 Prussian counties spanning 1886-1911. The data reveal a marked decline in church attendance coinciding with...

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