Search Results - "European Journal of Political Economy"

Finance and income inequality: A review and new evidence by de Haan, Jakob, Sturm, Jan-Egbert

“…Using a panel fixed effects model for a sample of 121 countries covering 1975–2005, we examine how financial development, financial liberalization and banking…”
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Female political representation and substantive effects on policies: A literature review by Hessami, Zohal, da Fonseca, Mariana Lopes

“…The share of women in political offices has increased considerably over the past few decades in almost every country in the world. Does this matter for policy…”
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Corruption and economic growth: New empirical evidence by Gründler, Klaus, Potrafke, Niklas

“…The nexus between corruption and economic growth has been examined for a long time. Many empirical studies measured corruption by the reversed Transparency…”
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The impact of economic sanctions on international trade: How do threatened sanctions compare with imposed sanctions? by Afesorgbor, Sylvanus Kwaku

“…We draw on established theoretical works in international political economy to compare the empirical effect of threatened and imposed economic sanctions on…”
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How does political instability affect economic growth? by Aisen, Ari, Veiga, Francisco José

“…The purpose of this paper is to empirically determine the effects of political instability on economic growth. By using the system-GMM estimator for linear…”
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The impact of UN and US economic sanctions on GDP growth by Neuenkirch, Matthias, Neumeier, Florian

“…In this paper, we empirically assess how economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations and the United States affect the target states' GDP growth. Our…”
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Exchange rate expectations and economic policy uncertainty by Beckmann, Joscha, Czudaj, Robert

“…This study provides a new angle on the relationship between political decisions and exchange rates. We link a conventional exchange rate modeling approach to…”
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Who voted for Brexit? Individual and regional data combined by Alabrese, Eleonora, Becker, Sascha O., Fetzer, Thiemo, Novy, Dennis

“…Previous analyses of the 2016 Brexit referendum used region-level data or small samples based on polling data. The former might be subject to ecological…”
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Do fiscal rules constrain fiscal policy? A meta-regression-analysis by Heinemann, Friedrich, Moessinger, Marc-Daniel, Yeter, Mustafa

“…We implement a meta-regression-analysis for the budgetary impact of numerical fiscal rules based on 30 studies published in the last decade. The existing…”
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Fiscal rules to tame the political budget cycle: Evidence from Italian municipalities by Bonfatti, Andrea, Forni, Lorenzo

“…The paper provides evidence that fiscal rules can limit the political budget cycle. It uses data on Italian municipalities during the 2000s and shows that: 1)…”
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Does democracy cause growth? A meta-analysis (of 2000 regressions) by Colagrossi, Marco, Rossignoli, Domenico, Maggioni, Mario A.

“…The relationship between democracy and economic growth has been widely debated in the social sciences with contrasting results. We apply a meta-analytical…”
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Do fiscal rules need budget transparency to be effective? by Gootjes, Bram, de Haan, Jakob

“…We examine whether fiscal rules’ impact on fiscal performance depends on budget transparency. Using panel data of 73 countries over the 2003–2013 period, we…”
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The subversive nature of inequality: Subjective inequality perceptions and attitudes to social inequality by Kuhn, Andreas

“…This paper shows that higher levels of perceived wage inequality are associated with a weaker (stronger) belief into meritocratic (non-meritocratic) principles…”
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Geopolitics and rare earth metals by Fan, John Hua, Omura, Akihiro, Roca, Eduardo

“…Rare earth elements are critical in the production of consumer products, renewables, and green, industrial, and defense products. Using more than thirty years…”
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Political voice on monetary policy: Evidence from the parliamentary hearings of the European Central Bank by Ferrara, Federico M., Masciandaro, Donato, Moschella, Manuela, Romelli, Davide

“…Previous scholarship on central bank accountability has generally focused on monetary authorities' deeds and words while largely ignoring the other side of the…”
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Does corruption slow down innovation? Evidence from a cointegrated panel of U.S. states by Dincer, Oguzhan

“…I investigate the long-run relationship between corruption and innovative activity using annual data from 48 contiguous U.S. states between 1977 and 2006…”
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Behavioral political economy: A survey by Schnellenbach, Jan, Schubert, Christian

“…In explaining individual behavior in politics, economists should rely on the same motivational assumptions they use to explain behavior in the market: that is…”
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Do mergers of large local governments reduce expenditures? – Evidence from Germany using the synthetic control method by Roesel, Felix

“…States merge local governments to achieve economies of scale. Little is known to which extent mergers of county-sized local governments reduce expenditures,…”
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Social media networks, fake news, and polarization by Azzimonti, Marina, Fernandes, Marcos

“…We study how the structure of social media networks and the presence of fake news affects the degree of misinformation and polarization in a society. For that,…”
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When and why do countries break their national fiscal rules? by Reuter, Wolf Heinrich

“…This paper identifies determinants of compliance with various types of national numerical fiscal rules. Based on 51 fiscal rules in force in EU member states…”
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