Is German Domestic Social Policy Politically Controversial? [PDF]
This paper investigates empirically the influence of government ideology on social policy using German data. Examining the funding and the benefits of social security and public healthcare policy, my results suggest that policies implemented by ...
Niklas Potrafke
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An Online experiment during the 2020 US-Iran crisis shows that exposure to common enemies can increase political polarization. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 Jahani E +6 more
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The price of political polarization: Evidence from municipal issuers during the coronavirus pandemic. [PDF]
Financ Res Lett, 2022 Chen Z, Li Z, Liu S.
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Ideological Polarization, Sticky Information, and Policy Reforms [PDF]
We develop a dynamic two-party political economy framework, in which parties seek to maximize vote share and face the trade-off between catering to their respective core constituencies on the one hand and ‘middle of the road’ voters with no partisan ...
Tomer Blumkin, Volker Grossmann
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Ability-related political polarization in the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Intelligence, 2021 Shoots-Reinhard B +5 more
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Electoral platforms, implemented policies and abstention [PDF]
Recent studies of American politics evidence that political polarization of both the electorate and the political elite have moved 'almost in tandem for the past half century' (McCarty et al., 2003, p.2), and that party polarization has steadily ...
Humberto Llavador
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Determinants of the influence of voters and interest groups on the political decision making process [PDF]
This paper provides a comprehensive theoretical model of the political decision making process. Therein two ideologically different political parties compete for power. Their primary instrument in this competition are programmatic concessions in favor of
Bischoff, Ivo
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Social Trust in Polarized Times: How Perceptions of Political Polarization Affect Americans' Trust in Each Other. [PDF]
Polit Behav, 2022 Lee AH.
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The nature and origins of political polarization over science. [PDF]
Public Underst Sci, 2021 Rekker R.
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