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In this paper, we test the hypothesis that the causal effect of immigrant presence on anti-immigrant votes is a short-run effect. For this purpose, we consider a distributed lag model and adapt the standard instrumental variable approach proposed by Altonji and Card (1991) to a dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022320
We present an exploratory machine learning analysis of populist votes at municipality level in the 2018 Italian general elections, in which populist parties gained almost 50% of the votes. Starting from a comprehensive set of local characteristics, we use an algorithm based on BIC to obtain a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142187
Alongside a range of already well documented factors such as deindustrialization, technological progress and international trade, a series of recent empirical econometric studies show that immigration has contributed to the rise of extreme right-wing parties in Europe. Our study highlights,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263494
We study the tax systems that arise in a once-and-for-all majority voting equilibrium embedded within a macroeconomic … model of inequality. We find that majority voting delivers (i) a small set of outcomes, (ii) zero labor income taxation, and … (iii) nearly zero transfers. We find that majority voting, contrary to the literature developed in models without …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114908
Endorsements are a simple language for communication between well-informed interest-group leaders and less-informed interest-group members. The members, who share some policy concerns, may not fully understand where their interests lie on certain issues. If their leaders cannot fully explain the...
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The importance of infrastructure for growth is well established in the macroeconomic literature. Previous research has treated public investment in infrastructure as exogenous. We remedy this shortcoming by providing a political economy analysis of infrastructure choice based upon consumer...
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This paper examines the effect of immigration on the level of income redistribution via majority voting on the income … natives. It is found that at best, natives are indifferent towards immigrant voting, and the outcome of a corresponding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009749609
In this paper, we test the hypothesis that the causal effect of immigrant presence on anti-immigrant votes is a short-run effect. For this purpose, we consider a distributed lag model and adapt the standard instrumental variable approach proposed by Altonji and Card (1991) to a dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152189
Alongside a range of already well documented factors such as deindustrialization, technological progress and international trade, a series of recent empirical econometric studies show that immigration has contributed to the rise of extreme right-wing parties in Europe. Our study highlights,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256002
We present an exploratory machine learning analysis of populist votes at municipality level in the 2018 Italian general elections, in which populist parties gained almost 50% of the votes. Starting from a comprehensive set of local characteristics, we use an algorithm based on BIC to obtain a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140019