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Too Much Finance: Mechanisms That Harm Growth and Policy Implications

The Manchester School, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The mechanisms for the financial sector to harm growth arise through short‐termism of financial markets. This leads to the misallocation of resources in the private sector, leading to financial crises and damage to growth. However, harm to growth comes not only from financial crises, but also from the failure of short‐termist financial markets
Arup Daripa, Sandeep Kapur, Marco Pelliccia   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural and Economic Grievances and the Political Salience of Secessionism

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why does secessionism become politically salient at some times but recede at others? Existing work highlights how cultural and economic grievances can shape secessionism, but it explains less well when these claims elevate the salience of secessionism and why similar grievances matter in some contexts but not others.
Kevin Gatter
wiley   +1 more source

Secrecy: An Epistemological Account

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although the ethical and political implications of secrecy are significant, I argue here that its fundamental nature is epistemological and that any account of its nature must be based on its epistemological profile. In particular, I propose examining secrecy within the framework of social and political epistemology, considering secrets as ...
Jesús Navarro
wiley   +1 more source

Social Effects of the Vote of the Majority: An Experiment on the Brexit‐Vote

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2016 EU referendum result was widely perceived as a statement against immigration. This paper investigates whether information about majority voting outcomes influences attitudes towards immigrants. Using a survey experiment conducted in England in 2017–2018, we randomly exposed participants to truthful information indicating that local ...
Fernanda Leite Lopez de Leon, Markus Bindemann   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons on State and Local Income Taxes From the Twenty‐First Century and Challenges for the Future

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract I survey recent research on subnational income tax policy, arguing that a defining feature is geography. Geographic boundaries limit the power of subnational governments to tax people and activities. The article discusses where income should be taxed and the effects of these tax rules on the interjurisdictional mobility of people and jobs.
David R. Agrawal
wiley   +1 more source

Learning From 25 Years of Changes in Business Tax Policy

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper summarizes the significant changes to the taxation of business income in the United States over the last 25 years and how the resulting policy variation has helped inform research on business taxation. The survey of research on the topic covers investment incentives, international taxation, corporate financial policy, issues with ...
Jason DeBacker, Aerfate Haimiti
wiley   +1 more source

Regional News, Regional Bias? Evidence From Media Discourses and Welfare Decisions in Germany

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do media representations of immigrants shape their treatment by street‐level bureaucrats? Despite a uniform federal legal framework, decision‐making varies substantially across local welfare offices. Though prior research links national news reporting and policy implementation, little is known about how regional variation in news reporting
Stefanie Rueß
wiley   +1 more source

The Gendered Path of Least Resistance: First Entry and Exit Behaviors of Public and Nonprofit Employees

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public and nonprofit organizations exhibit high rates of female employment often attributed to sector structures and social roles. To better understand how individual behaviors dynamically contribute to these distinctive ratios, we deconstruct public and nonprofit employment into gendered patterns of attraction and attachment.
Tiana Marrese, Ying Liu, Femida Handy
wiley   +1 more source

Law as Weak Integrity: Deflating Dworkinianism

Ratio Juris, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, I want to sketch out a conception of law that combines elements of Dworkinianism, positivism, and realism. I will argue that while Dworkin gets some fundamental things right, he should have stayed closer to the positivists and realists.
Christian Hiebaum
wiley   +1 more source

International commitments on climate‐friendly investment liberalisation: A green straitjacket?

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Meeting the objectives of the Paris Agreement will require considerable capital mobilisation. International investment agreements (IIAs) govern and promote financial flows. However, their alignment with international climate objectives has, thus far, either been non‐existent or insufficient.
Stefanie Schacherer
wiley   +1 more source