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Habemus Papam? : polarization and conflict in the Papal States

Pino, Francisco; Vidal-Robert, Jordi - 2020

We study the effect of divisions within the elite on the probability of internal conflict in the Papal States between … the time of the election. We exploit this variation to analyze the causal effect of a divided conclave on conflict. We … find that an increase of one standard deviation in our measure of polarization raised the likelihood of internal conflict …

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Does Contact Reduce Affective Polarization? Field Evidence from Germany

Blattner, Adrian; Koenen, Martin - 2023

We analyze whether and how exposure to political opponents can impact attitudes toward political opponents (affective polarization) and extremity of political opinions (ideological polarization). We present findings from a quasi-experiment in Germany that matched 15,000 participants for a...

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The Redistributive Effects of Enfranchising Non-Citizens : Evidence From Sweden

Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Inigo; Sanchez-Pages, Santiago; … - 2021

We study theoretically and empirically the redistributive effects of extending voting rights to non-citizens. Our model predicts a tax increase when newly enfranchised voters represent a sufficiently large fraction of voters. We study the 1975 Swedish electoral reform that extended voting rights...

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Habemus Papam? Polarization and Conflict in the Papal States

Pino, Francisco - 2020

We study the effect of divisions within the elite on the probability of internal conflict in the Papal States between … the time of the election.We exploit this variation to analyze the causal effect of a divided conclave on conflict. We find … that an increase of one standard deviation in our measure of polarization raised the likelihood of internal conflict by …

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Judges and Taxes : Judicial Review, Judicial Independence and the Size of Government

Tridimas, George - 2005

The study investigates how judicial review of policy and judicial independence affect the relative size of government. Judicial oversight of policy is the authority of courts to check the legality of policy measures and annul measures which are incompatible with the constitution or are enacted...

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Early Round Upsets and Championship Blowouts

Harbaugh, Rick; Klumpp, Tilman - 2014

In equilibrium play of a two-round tournament we find that underdogs exert more effort in the opening round while favorites save more effort for the final. Ability differences between players are therefore compressed in the opening round so upsets are more likely, and amplified in the final so...

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Dynamic games in empirical industrial organization

Aguirregabiria, Victor; Collard-Wexler, Allan; Ryan, Stephen - 2021

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Identification and estimation of dynamic structural models with unobserved choices

Hu, Yingyao; Xin, Yi - 2020

This paper develops identification and estimation methods for dynamic structural models when agents' actions are unobserved by econometricians. We provide conditions under which choice probabilities and latent state transition rules are nonparametrically identified with a continuous state...

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Hold-up in multiple banking : evidence from SME lending

Brunner, Antje; Krahnen, Jan Pieter - 2010

relationship lending, and rents that accrue due to the elimination of competition among multiple lenders. We find the relationship … against hold-up. -- Banking Competition ; Coordination ; Distress ; Credit Spread ; Hold-up …

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Ethnic Fragmentation, Conflict, Displaced Persons and Human Trafficking : An Empirical Analysis

Akee, Randall - 2010

fragmentation and conflict on international trafficking through internal and international displacements …

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