Tag Archives: Political Economy

Local Elections in America Project: “a digital archive of past election results”

Posted on June 21, 2015 by ozidar

Here is their website. From a quick glance, it seems to have election data since 1970 for most if not all elected offices ranging from local to federal offices. Awesome. HT:@BrendanNyhan

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Overconfidence in Political Behavior and its Effects on Ideological Extremeness and Voter Turnout

Posted on November 16, 2014 by ozidar

From Pietro Ortoleva and Erik Snowberg: This paper studies, theoretically and empirically, the role of overconfidence in political behavior. Our model of overconfidence in beliefs predicts that overconfidence leads to ideological extremeness, increased voter turnout, and increased strength of partisan identification. Moreover, … Continue reading →

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Market-based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy

Posted on May 2, 2014 by ozidar

From Stefano DellaVigna, Ruben Durante, Brian Knight, Eliana La Ferrara: An extensive literature has studied lobbying by special interest groups. We analyze a novel lobbying channel: lobbying businessmen-politicians through business proxies. When a politician controls a business, firms attempting to curry … Continue reading →

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Ukraine: A battle for the future of Europe

Posted on February 22, 2014 by ozidar

From Yuriy Gorodnichenko: Squeezed between European super powers, Ukraine is no stranger to tensions, but it has been a remarkably peaceful country in the modern history. The recent waves of protests and government-sponsored violence moved Ukraine to the brink of … Continue reading →

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Competing for Global Capital or Local Voters? The Politics of Business Location Incentives

Posted on January 7, 2014 by ozidar

From Nathan Jensen, Edmund Malesky, Matthew Walsh: The competition for global capital has led to wars between countries, states, and cities, as to who can offer the most attractive fiscal incentives to firms. In this study, we examine the domestic politics of … Continue reading →

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Pass the Bucks: Investment Incentives as Political Credit-Claiming Devices: Evidence from a Survey Experiment

Posted on January 7, 2014 by ozidar

From Nathan Jensen, Edmund Malesky, Mariana Medina, Ugur Ozdemir:  Both countries and subnational governments commonly engage in competition for mobile capital, offering generous incentives to attract investment. Existing research has suggested that these tax incentives have a limited ability to affect investment patterns and … Continue reading →

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On the Origin of States: Stationary Bandits and Taxation in Eastern Congo

Posted on November 29, 2013 by ozidar

From Raul Sanchez de la Sierra: The state is among the greatest developments in human history and a precursor of economic growth. Why do states arise, and when do they fail to arise? A dominant view across disciplines is that states … Continue reading →

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Unintentional Gerrymandering: Political Geography and Electoral Bias in Legislatures

Posted on October 1, 2013 by ozidar

Here’s some very interesting research on gerrymandering, especially relevant for pundits and journalists who have been citing gerrymandering as one of the main causes of today’s gridlock and government shutdown. Roughly speaking, Jowei Chen and Jonathan Rodden show that having a computer … Continue reading →

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Valuing The Vote:
 Evidence from the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Posted on May 18, 2013 by ozidar

From Elizabeth Cascio and Ebonya Washington: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) has been called one of the most effective pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history, having generated dramatic increases in black voter registration across the South. We show … Continue reading →

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How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution?

Posted on March 11, 2013 by ozidar

Ilyana Kuziemko, Michael Norton, Emmanuel Saez, & Stefanie Stantcheva have a new NBER paper on inequality and preferences for redistribution: “This paper analyzes the effects of information about inequality and taxes on preferences for redistribution using randomized online surveys on … Continue reading →

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