By counting the number of articles published in major US newspapers containing carefully selected keywords, we construct a time varying measure of ethnic tension. Then, we empirically test the predictions of a theoretical model by using the aforementioned measure, and investigate how ethnic...

We investigate the firm-level investment responses to narrative shocks to average personal and corporate tax rates using a universal micro dataset of publicly-traded U.S firms for the post-1962 period. By allowing for heterogeneous effects over the business cycle and accompanying monetary policy...

Anhand von groß angelegten Umfragen in Deutschland und im Vereinigten Königreich untersuchen wir die individuellen Determinanten der Fähigkeit, Fake News zu erkennen, und der Neigung, sie zu teilen. Wir unterscheiden zwischen absichtlichem und versehentlichem Teilen von Fake News. Das...

Populist parties recently have shaken Western democracies, yet there is no consensus regarding the characteristics of populist voters. By using large-scale surveys from four European countries (France, Germany, Spain, and the U.K.), we investigate individual determinants of populist voting. Our...

How does exposure to Islamist terrorism change perceptions of the share of Muslims and immigrants? We conduct a large-scale survey that measures misperceptions towards minority groups in four European countries. Our results show that terror attacks in the past increased misperceptions of the...

Anhand von groß angelegten Umfragen in vier europäischen Ländern untersuchen wir die Determinanten von Fehlwahrnehmungen bei politischen Themen, die insbesondere bei links- und rechtspopulistischen Parteien typischerweise hoch auf der Agenda stehen. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Menschen...