Infrastructure expansion, tourism and electoral outcomes
Economica, Volume 93, Issue 371, Page 757-776, July 2026.Abstract This paper examines the electoral impact of economic growth through increased foreign tourism using data from Croatia. To identify causal effects, the paper applies an instrumental variable strategy, which uses variation in the ruggedness of the local terrain to estimate the network of least‐cost paths.
Adrian Mehic
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Representative policymakers? A behavioural experiment with French politicians
Economica, Volume 93, Issue 371, Page 930-961, July 2026.Abstract This study leverages an online behavioural experiment to analyse whether politicians' decisions align with citizens' preferences and with citizens' decisions within the same decision environment. We recruited 760 local politicians and 655 non‐politicians in France to participate as policymakers in a taxation‐redistribution game.
Roberto Brunetti, Matthieu Pourieux
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Colonial transition as a major mediator of global health transition: lessons from the 2024 New Caledonia crisis. [PDF]
J Glob HealthMoury PH +8 more
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Direct democracy and political extremism
Economica, Volume 93, Issue 371, Page 1095-1121, July 2026.Abstract We study how citizens' right to directly decide on policies through popular initiatives affects the attractiveness of extreme candidates in representative elections. In our theoretical framework, single prominent policy issues on which individual voters hold extreme views get a large weight in their assessment of candidates, thereby favouring ...
Nicolas Schreiner, Alois Stutzer
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Continuing the vision: engaging the Ottawa Charter for future 'healthy public policy'. [PDF]
Health Promot IntLunnay B, Baum F, Angelo C, Crawford G.
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Revisiting the EU's Democratic Deficit: Archival Insights From Maximalist Federalists
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 1574-1593, July 2026.Abstract This article explores the history of democratic problematisation of European integration, rather than taking part in the normative debate on the European Union's democratic legitimacy deficit that emerged in the 1990s. We focus on the narratives of non‐institutional actors who have considered that European integration should be a democratic ...
Jessy Bailly
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How (Not) to Break Up: Constituent Power and Alternative Pathways to Scottish Independence. [PDF]
Oxf J Leg StudFasel RN, Stark SW.
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Having, making and feeling home as a European immigrant in the United Kingdom post-Brexit referendum: An interpretative phenomenological study. [PDF]
Br J Soc PsycholFoxwell K +3 more
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How culture shapes choices related to fertility and mortality: Causal evidence at the Swiss language border. [PDF]
Evol Hum SciFaessler L, Lalive R, Efferson C.
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Shifting Horizons: The Impact of Global Events on the Intention to Migrate of the Next Generation Romanian Nurses. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel)Popescu CA +4 more
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