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Trade Policy Uncertainty, Offshoring, and the Environment: Evidence from US Manufacturing Establishments

Choi, Jaerim; Hyun, Jay; Kim, Gueyon; Park, Ziho - 2023

We study long-run environmental impacts of trade liberalization on US manufacturing by exploiting a plausibly exogenous reduction in US trade policy uncertainty: the conferral of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) to China. Using detailed data on establishment-level pollution emissions and...

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Do Environmental Regulations Effect FDI Decisions? The Pollution Haven Hypothesis Revisited

Yoon, Haeyeon; Heshmati, Almas - 2017

on foreign direct investment (FDI). We use Korean outward FDI data covering the manufacturing sector for 2009-15. The … in the non-production part using location information about the host country. The main results of the estimation of a FDI … model show that the stricter the regulations in host countries in Asia the lower the FDI both intensively and extensively to …

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Satisfaction with democracy and collective action problems: the case of the environment

Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich G.; Wagner, Alexander F. - 2008

Using modern methods for analyzing multi-level data, we find that, by and large, citizens of OECD countries are more satisfied with the way democracy works in their country if more environmental policies are in place and if environmental quality is higher. We also document that parents care...

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Satisfaction with Democracy and Collective Action Problems: The Case of the Environment

Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich; Wagner, Alexander F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

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Immigration and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from the 2015 Refugee Inflow to Germany

Bredtmann, Julia - 2022

This paper investigates the effects of local exposure to refugees on electoral outcomes in the 2016 state election in Germany. Based on quasi-random variation in the allocation of refugees across municipalities and unique data on refugee populations and their type of accommodation, I find that...

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Female Political Representation and Violence against Women: Evidence from Brazil

Delaporte, Magdalena; Pino, Francisco J. - 2022

This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression Discontinuity design for close mayoral elections between female and male candidates in Brazil, we find that electing female mayors leads to a reduction in episodes of gender violence....

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Is Secessionism Mostly about Income or Identity? A Global Analysis of 3,003 Subnational Regions

Desmet, Klaus; Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio; Özak, Ömer - 2022

This paper analyzes whether the propensity to secede by subnational regions responds mostly to differences in income per capita or to distinct identities. We explore this question in a quantitative political economy model where people's willingness to finance a public good depends on their...

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The Minimum Wage and Union Membership among Minimum Wage Workers: Why Do Unions Advocate for Minimum Wage Increases?

Clemens, Jeffrey; Strain, Michael R. - 2022

Over the past decade, organized labor has played a significant role in advocating for minimum wage increases. In this paper, we investigate the effects of minimum wage increases on union membership among individuals in minimum wage intensive industries. Consistent with a "freeriding" hypothesis,...

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Climate Change and Political Participation: Evidence from India

Amirapu, Amrit; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Rud, Juan Pablo - 2022

We study the effects of extreme temperature shocks on political participation using data from Indian elections between 2009 and 2017. Taking advantage of localized, high-frequency data on land surface temperatures, we find that areas with greater cumulative exposure to extreme temperatures...

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Political Economy of Industrialization and Industrial Parks in Ethiopia

Kebede, Selamawit G.; Heshmati, Almas - 2023

This study investigates the political economy of industrialization in Ethiopia. It discusses the economic and political institutions during three political regimes and assesses the industrial sector's performance across these different regimes. Further, it evaluates the different industrial...

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