Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 164
Cover Image
Ethnic Diversity and Preferences for Redistribution
Dahlberg, Matz; Edmark, Karin; Lundqvist, Heléne - CESifo - 2011
In recent decades, the immigration of workers and refugees to Europe has increased substantially, and the composition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833914
Cover Image
Immigration, Attitudes and the Rise of the Political Right : The Role of Cultural and Economic Concerns Over Immigration
Davis, Lewis - 2016
With the rise of the far-right parties in the European parliamentary elections, concerns over immigration and national … identity have again come into the limelight. In this paper, we document the empirical relationships between immigration, native … concerns over the economic and cultural impact of immigration, and the rise of right-wing political parties in Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999791
Cover Image
Should Immigrants Culturally Assimilate or Preserve Their Own Culture? Individual Beliefs and the Longevity of National Identity
Grajzl, Peter - 2017
We develop and empirically test a theory concerning individual beliefs about whether immigrants should culturally assimilate into the host society or preserve their own cultural norms. We argue that when national identity is a source of intrinsic utility, the longevity of national identity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954570
Cover Image
Ethnic Diversity and Preferences for Redistribution
Dahlberg, Matz - 2011
In recent decades, the immigration of workers and refugees to Europe has increased substantially, and the composition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130420
Cover Image
The Preoccupation of the United Nations with Israel: Evidence and Theory
Becker, Raphael N.; Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas; … - CESifo - 2014
quantitative criteria to confirm that Israel is subject to discrimination. To explain the motives for discrimination, we present a … deflection of criticism. The model includes a role for traditional prejudice. Our conclusions more generally concern political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948855
Cover Image
A Third Benefit of Joint Non-OPEC Carbon Taxes: Transferring OPEC Monopoly Rent
Dong, Yan; Whalley, John - CESifo - 2009
This paper highlights the potential for joint OECD (or non-OPEC) carbon taxes to reduce OPEC’s monopoly rent and provide benefit to non-OPEC countries provided jointly agreed trigger strategies are adhered to. In traditional economic theory, the primary purpose of a carbon tax is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005010154
Cover Image
The Patterns of Inter-firm and Inter-industry Knowledge Flows in the Netherlands
Plasmans, Joseph; Lukach, Ruslan - CESifo - 2010
This paper presents a study of backward and forward patent citations in patents granted to firms and institutions in the Netherlands by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The study establishes different patterns of patent citation in recent Dutch patents belonging to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583674
Cover Image
External Influence as an Indicator of Scholarly Importance
Chan, Ho Fai; Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana; Schaffner, … - CESifo - 2013
The external influence of scholarly activity has to date been measured primarily in terms of publications and citations, metrics that also dominate the promotion and grant processes. Yet the array of scholarly activities visible to the outside world are far more extensive and recently developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693472
Cover Image
The Origins of Common Identity : Division, Homogenization Policies and Identity Formation in Alsace-Lorraine
Dehdari, Sirus H.; Gehring, Kai - 2017
We exploit the fact that disagreements in the German leadership after the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 led to a quasi-exogenous division of Alsace and Lorraine to provide rare evidence of group identity formation within historically homogeneous regions. In line with the rejection-identification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014125998
Cover Image
The Origins of Common Identity : Division, Homogenization Policies and Identity Formation in Alsace-Lorraine
Dehdari, Sirus H. - 2017
We exploit the fact that disagreements in the German leadership after the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 led to a quasi-exogenous division of Alsace and Lorraine to provide rare evidence of group identity formation within historically homogeneous regions. In line with the rejection-identification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950594