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Partisan politics: The empirical evidence from OECD panel studies by Potrafke, Niklas

“…•Survey on partisan politics for more than 100 OECD panel studies.•More than 100 panel data studies.•Elaborating on the research designs, the measurement of…”
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Fiscal performance of minority governments: New empirical evidence for OECD countries by Potrafke, Niklas

“…I use new data on central and general governments for 23 OECD countries over the period 1960–2015 (unbalanced panel) to examine fiscal performance under…”
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The growth of public health expenditures in OECD countries: Do government ideology and electoral motives matter? by Potrafke, Niklas

“…▶ Incumbents behaved opportunistically and increased the growth of public health expenditures before elections in OECD countries. ▶ Government ideology did not…”
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The Democrat-Republican presidential growth gap and the partisan balance of the state governments by Cahan, Dodge, Potrafke, Niklas

“…It is known that the US economy has grown faster during Democrat presidencies, but the Democrat-Republican presidential GDP growth gap cannot be attributed…”
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Rewarding conservative politicians? Evidence from voting on same-sex marriage by Kauder, Björn, Potrafke, Niklas

“…We ask whether voters rewarded conservative politicians who voted in favor of same-sex marriage. The evidence is based on a rollcall vote in the German…”
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Collective memories on the 2010 European debt crisis by Arnemann, Laura, Konrad, Kai A, Potrafke, Niklas

“…We examine whether collective memories on the aid and reform programs chosen to handle the 2010 European debt crisis differ between citizens from borrower and…”
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Partisan bias in inflation expectations by Bachmann, Oliver, Gründler, Klaus, Potrafke, Niklas, Seiberlich, Ruben

“…We examine partisan bias in inflation expectations. Our dataset includes inflation expectations of the New York Fed’s Survey of Consumer Expectations over the…”
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Do politicians reward core supporters? Evidence from a discretionary grant program by Kauder, Björn, Potrafke, Niklas, Reischmann, Markus

“…We investigate whether politicians award intergovernmental grants to core supporters. Our new dataset contains information on discretionary project grants from…”
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Do Left-wing Governments Decrease Wage Inequality among Civil Servants? Empirical Evidence from the German States by Kauder, Björn, Krause, Manuela, Potrafke, Niklas

“…We investigate whether left-wing governments decrease wage inequality among civil servants. The data are based on the salaries of civil servants in the German…”
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The Evidence on Globalisation by Potrafke, Niklas

“…Globalisation is blamed for many socioeconomic shortcomings. I discuss the consequences of globalisation by surveying the empirical globalisation literature…”
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Government ideology and economic policy-making in the United States—a survey by Potrafke, Niklas

“…This paper describes the influence of government ideology on economic policy-making in the United States. I review studies using data for the national, state…”
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General or central government? Empirical evidence on political cycles in budget composition using new data for OECD countries by Potrafke, Niklas

“…Previous studies used general government data to examine whether national governments’ electoral motives and ideology influenced budget composition in OECD…”
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Electoral cycles in perceived corruption: International empirical evidence by Potrafke, Niklas

“…I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public sector is measured by the reversed…”
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Introduction: Special Issue on Partisan Politics by Potrafke, Niklas

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Risk aversion, patience and intelligence: Evidence based on macro data by Potrafke, Niklas

“…Using the new macro data on risk aversion and patience by Falk et al. (2018), I show that risk aversion and patience are related to intelligence: high-IQ…”
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The globalisation–welfare state nexus: Evidence from Asia by Potrafke, Niklas

“…How globalisation influences social expenditure has been examined for industrialised countries. Globalisation has often been shown to be positively associated…”
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Does government ideology influence deregulation of product markets? Empirical evidence from OECD countries by Potrafke, Niklas

“…This paper examines how government ideology has influenced deregulation of product markets in OECD countries. I analyze a dataset of non-manufacturing…”
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Did Globalization Restrict Partisan Politics? An Empirical Evaluation of Social Expenditures in a Panel of OECD Countries by Potrafke, Niklas

“…This paper evaluates empirically how, in the course of globalization, partisan politics affected social expenditures in a panel of OECD countries. I introduce…”
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Globalization and labor market institutions: International empirical evidence by Potrafke, Niklas

“…► I investigate the influence of globalization on labor market institutions. ► I use panel data and cross-sectional data. ► To deal with potential reverse…”
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Islam and democracy by Potrafke, Niklas

“…Using the POLITY IV and Freedom House indices, Rowley and Smith (Public Choice 139(3-4): 273, 2009) found that countries with Muslim majorities enjoy less…”
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