We investigate user engagement with politicians' migration discourses on social media. In particular, we study the effects of message framing and support base attitudes on interactions on Facebook and Twitter in five European countries. Enriching automated analysis of social media content with...

Political actors play an increasingly important role in the dissemination of political information on social media. However, relatively little is known about the mechanisms why specific news items are shared with the support base instead of others. For a timespan between December 2017 and the...

Access to information is a hallmark of democracy, and democracy demands an informed citizenry. Knowledge of party positions is necessary for voters so that electoral choices reflect preferences, allowing voters to hold elected officials accountable for policy performance. Whereas most vote...

This paper traces a set of major trends and future scenarios in global structural change. It argues that across multiple domains of change, developing economies are facing novel constellations of lateness and prematurity in technological and economic development. The paper explores these novel...

Solidarität ist einer der überstrapaziertesten Begriffe in der Corona-Pandemie. Oftmals wird er nur symbolisch bemüht, ohne dass konkrete Handlungen folgen. Machtunterschiede und Ungerechtigkeiten werden dabei lediglich kaschiert, statt sie zu beseitigen. Im Global Governance Spotlight 2

This study investigates the intersection of export finance and climate policy with a focus on Austria and relevant peers. It addresses the role of Austria's export credit system in facilitating the global transition to a net-zero economy. Specifically, it examines how Austria's official export...

Public reputation mechanisms are an effective means to limit opportunistic behavior in markets suffering from moral hazard problems. While previous research was mostly concerned with the influence of exogenous feedback mechanisms, this study considers the endogenous emergence of reputation...

Der Aufsatz befasst sich mit der Übertragung eines Verfahrens der Quantitativen Inhaltsanalyse, das für die Untersuchung ideologischer Texte entwickelt wurde und hier auf die Diskussion seitens der Arbeitgeber- und Arbeitnehmervertretung zum Reformprozess des öffentlichen Dienstes in...

This article examines the relationship between public administration regulation and market economy models in 20 OECD countries. Building on Pollitt and Bouckaert's (2004) administrative dimension, we employ explorative statistical analysis to identify three distinct public administration...