Michael Jetter

Research Fellow

University of Western Australia

mjetter7@gmail.com

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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. 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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14069

Gender Match and the Gender Gap in Venture Capital Financing: Evidence from Shark Tank

Michael Jetter, Kieran Stockley

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12318

Military Intervention via Drone Strikes

Rafat Mahmood, Michael Jetter

advanced version forthcoming in: Economic Journal