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Commitment and Conflict in Unanimity Bargaining
American Economic Journal: MicroeconomicsWe theoretically investigate how the application of unanimity rule can lead to inefficient delay in collective decision-making. We do so in the context of a distributive multilateral bargaining model featuring strategic precommitment.
Topi Miettinen, C. Vanberg
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Web Search Personalization during the US 2020 Election
American Economic Review: InsightsWe study the impact of web search personalization on ideological segregation in search results. We deploy 150 synthetic internet users with randomized partisan browsing preferences across 25 US cities.
Ulrich Matter, Roland Hodler
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American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
A continuum of citizens with heterogeneous opportunity costs participates in a protest with well-defined demands. As long as the government doesn’t concede, it pays a cost increasing in time and participation.
Sofía Correa
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A continuum of citizens with heterogeneous opportunity costs participates in a protest with well-defined demands. As long as the government doesn’t concede, it pays a cost increasing in time and participation.
Sofía Correa
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Polling Place Location and the Costs of Voting
American Economic Journal: Economic PolicyWe study how distance to one’s polling place affects the likelihood of voting using a geographic regression discontinuity design with data from Pennsylvania and Georgia.
G. Bagwe, Juan Margitic, Allison Stashko
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Shining a Light on Firms' Political Connections: The Role of Dark Money
Social Science Research NetworkWe study the emergence of a new channel for firms’ political activity using dark money through undisclosed and unlimited contributions. After the U.S. federal court decisions in 2010, S&P 500 firms substantially increased their use of dark money.
Matthew Denes, Madeline Marco Scanlon
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Free Trade and the Formation of Environmental Policy: Evidence from US Legislative Votes
American Economic Journal: Economic PolicyWe test the hypothesis that governments alter environmental policy in response to trade by studying NAFTA’s effects on the formation of environmental policy in the US House of Representatives between 1990 and 2000.
Jevan Cherniwchan, N. Najjar
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Using Social Media to Identify the Effects of Congressional Viewpoints on Asset Prices
Social Science Research NetworkWe use a high-frequency identification approach to document that individual politicians affect asset prices. We exploit the regular flow of viewpoints contained in Congress members’ tweets.
F. Bianchi, H. Kung, Roberto Gomez Cram
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The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Presence of Political Distortions†
American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsPolitical distortions are prevalent in many developing countries, implying substantial productivity losses. This paper investigates the impact of trade liberalization on political distortions in India.
Sebastian Jävervall, Roza Khoban
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Impact of a Woman Mayor on Women's Local Political Participation. Does Partisanship Matter?
Urban Affairs ReviewAlthough women's presence in politics has grown, they remain underrepresented. This study analyses how exposure to successful women politicians influences the future representation of women candidates in local politics.
Joanna Siwińska-Gorzelak +1 more
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The Price of Power: Costs of Political Corruption in Indian Electricity
The American Economic ReviewPoliticians may target public goods to benefit their constituents, at the expense of others. I study corruption in the context of Indian electricity and estimate the welfare consequences.
M. Mahadevan
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