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With the Rise of Right‐Wing Governments, Why a One‐Time “50% Health Tax” Will Be a Hard Sell and How It Could Be Implemented

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) to globally impose a one‐time tax, labelled as “Health tax”, on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) aim to achieve a 50% retail price increase to reduce consumption and improve health outcomes.
Hazem Abbas, Maha El Tantawi, Manami Hoshi‐Harada, Kenji Takeuchi, Ken Osaka, Carol C. Guarnizo‐Herreño, Marco A. Peres   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The economic effect of discrimination: Evidence from the restaurant sector

Contemporary Economic Policy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 226-259, April 2025.
Abstract Discrimination often leads to economic consequences for affected groups. This study examines the economic impact of consumer discrimination on Chinese restaurants in the U.S. during the COVID‐19 pandemic's onset. Using cell phone data and revenue records, it identifies a significant −10% relative decline in visits to Chinese restaurants by ...
Guanting Yi
wiley   +1 more source

Are the upwardly mobile more Left‐wing?

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract It is well‐known that the wealthier are less likely to have Left‐leaning political preferences. In addition, we consider here the role of the individual's starting position, and in particular their upward social mobility relative to their parents.
Andrew E. Clark, Maria Cotofan
wiley   +1 more source

The many prices of war and occupation: Black markets and the cost‐of‐living index in France, 1938–1949

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract When studying French prices between 1938 and 1949, economists and historians face a paradox: whilst a vast black market shaped daily life, official indices recorded only state‐controlled prices. This article addresses the issue by introducing a new consumer price index that incorporates both official and black market prices.
Patrice Baubeau, Matéo Teixeira
wiley   +1 more source

Political Partisanship and State‐Level Bank Efficiency

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between political partisanship and commercial bank efficiency in the United States from 1972 to 2020, assessing the persistent influence of political affiliations at the state and District of Columbia levels. Bank efficiency scores are estimated using a double‐bootstrap approach, and the analysis is conducted within
Jeremy Eng‐Tuck Cheah, Tapas Mishra, Sofia Johan, Thao Ngoc Nguyen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Causal Map Framework to Explain Support for Strong Leaders in Politics

International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article introduces a computational theory explaining why some people support strong leaders in politics, arguing that this support sometimes arises because people view a strong leader as means to address social problems. The theory proposes that people develop a causal map concerning the consequences of the rise of a strong leader.
Francesco Rigoli
wiley   +1 more source

Governing Through Criminal Selectivity and Lawfare: Non‐Democratic Politics to Entrench Authoritarian Populist Imagination

International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across much of the Global South and increasingly in the Global North, authoritarian populist imagination blurs boundaries between legality and illegality, weaponising law to suppress dissent while tolerating violence by allied actors. This imagination establishes a symbolic boundary mechanism between punitive/eliminative violence for political
Erman Örsan Yetiş
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Political Exclusion: Threatened Needs and Decreased Affiliation With Increased Anger and Antisocial Inclinations

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Volume 55, Issue 5, Page 305-321, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Social exclusion threatens psychological needs satisfaction, increases anger, and can contribute to group polarization. In two studies, we explored how political exclusion (vs. inclusion) influenced American voters' polarization. In Study 1 (N = 135, 60.7% Female, 61.5% White; Age M = 19.63), young adults were included or excluded in Cyberball
Katarina E. AuBuchon, Michelle L. Stock, Emily Raibley, Adrienne R. Carter‐Sowell, Paul J. Poppen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technocracy, Supranationalism and Right‐Wing Populism: The Variegated Sheltering of Western Assets in East Central European Countries

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, European Union (EU) governance has become more tolerant towards national policy adaptation and experimentation. Right‐wing populist governments in East Central Europe (ECE) have used this increased flexibility amongst other things to develop various economically nationalist strategies to reassert ...
Gerhard Schnyder, Andreas Nölke, Dorottya Sallai   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Removing the Basis of the Historic Conflict? The Downing Street Declaration and the Contested Role of European Integration in the Northern Ireland Peace Process

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the section on European integration in the Joint Declaration by British Prime Minister John Major and his Irish counterpart Taoiseach Albert Reynolds in 1993. The Joint Declaration, also known as the ‘Downing Street Declaration’, was a pivotal moment in the Northern Ireland peace process.
Conor J. Kelly, Eleanor Leah Williams, Annabel Harris, Ruth Murray   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source