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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
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Introducing the Democratic Electoral Systems data, 1919-1945. [PDF]
Open Res EurBormann NC, Kaftan L.
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The Drawbacks of Electoral Competition [PDF]
We examine the effect of the number of candidates and the impact of ideology on the efficiency of the electoral process. We show that the tendency to focus on policies that provide particularistic benefits increases with the number of candidates to the ...
Alessandro Lizzeri
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Climate Change Laws and European Stock Markets: An Event Analysis
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Under the context of the climate change we assess the impact of EU's legislative initiative on European stock markets. Specifically, we focus on its impact on energy and Environmental Social Governance (ESG) sectors for equity returns and volatility for a representative basket of EU countries (participating also in Eurozone) as well as ...
Theodoros Bratis +2 more
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Rokkan Rules? Communist Elites and the Choice of Electoral Systems in the Yugoslav Republics, 1989-1990. [PDF]
Eur Asia StudGlaurdić J, Muharemović E.
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Government Stability in Different Constitutional Systems: Comparing the East Asian Experiences
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Jih-we Lin
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Financial Literacy, Financial Development and Economic Growth
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While significant progress has been made in exploring the importance of financial literacy, its impact on economic growth and financial development from a macroeconomic point of view remains thinly understood. This paper provides fresh evidence on the relationship between financial literacy, financial development and economic growth.
Spyridon Boikos +2 more
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Context matters for the relationship between national identity and perceived democratic quality: National pride as a blind spot. [PDF]
Br J Soc PsycholHadarics M.
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A weighted-voting electoral system that performs quite well. [PDF]
The paper describes a weighted-voting system for the election of a Parliament. The system is easy to implement, and it dominates plurality, where "dominates" means that it performs better with reference to both representativeness and stability.
Guido Ortona
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Brexit and Its Impact on EU Financial Markets
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of Brexit on volatility spillovers across the EU countries. We introduce a Brexit intensity measure that assigns an intensity score reflective of the financial markets' reaction to the events that occurred as Brexit negotiations began to unfold.
Marwan Izzeldin +3 more
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