Michael Jetter

Research Fellow

University of Western Australia

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Michael works at the University of Western Australia in Perth. Being originally from Germany, he received both his B.A. (2007) and his Ph.D. (2011) in Economics from the University of Memphis (USA). From 2011 to 2015, he worked at the Universidad EAFIT in Medellin, Colombia, first as an Assistant Professor and then as a Full Professor.

Michael's research interests are mostly related to Political Economy, Public Economics, Behavioral Economics, and Media Economics. His current projects focus on the drivers of terrorism and armed conflict, as well as issues related to the power of the media and gender differences in competitiveness and preferences.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2013.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16586
Foreshadowing Mars: Religiosity and Pre-enlightenment Warfare
Luke Barber, Michael Jetter, Tim Krieger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16054
Peacefully Demobilizing Rebels: Identity, Emotional Cues, and the FARC
Juan P. Aparicio, Michael Jetter, Christopher Parsons
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15311
Types of Communications Technology and Civil Conflict
Tushar Bharati, Michael Jetter, Muhammad Nauman Malik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14970
Income and Terrorism: Insights from Subnational Data
Michael Jetter, Rafat Mahmood, David Stadelmann
published online in: Journal of Conflict Resolution, 22 May 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14069
Gender Match and the Gender Gap in Venture Capital Financing: Evidence from Shark Tank
Michael Jetter, Kieran Stockley
published online as 'Gender match and negotiation: evidence from angel investment on Shark Tank' in: Empirical Economics, 12 September 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13834
Captivating News in Colombia
Juan P. Aparicio, Michael Jetter
published as 'Captivating news: Media attention and FARC kidnappings' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 202, 69-81
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13724
The Effect of Community Size on Electoral Preferences: Evidence From Post-WWII Southern Germany
Luciana C. Fiorini, Michael Jetter, Christopher F. Parmeter, Christopher Parsons
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13511
Explaining Post-Cold-War Civil Conflict among 17 Billion Models: The Importance of History and Religion
Michael Jetter, Rafat Mahmood, Christopher F. Parmeter, Andres Ramirez Hassan
published as 'Post-Cold War civil conflict and the role of history and religion: A stochastic search variable selection approach' in: Economic Modelling, 2022, 114, 105907
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13054
Becoming Sensitive: Males' Risk and Time Preferences after the 2008 Financial Crisis
Michael Jetter, Leandro Magnusson, Sebastian Roth
published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 128, 103512
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13027
Persuasive Agenda-Setting: Rodrigo Duterte's Inauguration Speech and Drugs in the Philippines
Michael Jetter, Teresa Molina
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 156 ,102843
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