Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13842

Who Does Not like Migrants? Individual Demographics and Attitudes Towards Migration

Sandra V. Rozo, Maria José Urbina

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13775

Dancing with the Populist: New Parties, Electoral Rules and Italian Municipal Elections

Massimo Bordignon, Tommaso Colussi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13763

A Subscription vs. Appropriation Framework for Natural Resource Conflicts

Dripto Bakshi, Indraneel Dasgupta

published in: A. Markandya and D. Rübbelke (eds.), Climate and Development; World Scientific, 2021

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

revised version published as 'Community Size and Electoral Preferences: Evidence From Post-Second World War Baden-Württemberg' in: British Journal of Political Science, 2024, 54 (3), 573 - 594

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13698

Immigration Policy and Hispanics' Willingness to Run for Office

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Jose R. Bucheli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13611

The Long Shadow of Slavery: The Persistence of Slave Owners in Southern Law-Making

Luna Bellani, Anselm Hager, Stephan Ernst Maurer

revised version published in: Journal of Economic History, 2022, 82 (1), 250 - 283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13579

Regional Variations in the Brexit Vote: Causes and Potential Consequences

David H. Blackaby, Stephen Drinkwater, Catherine Robinson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13571

Who Voted for Trump? Populism and Social Capital

Paola Giuliano, Romain Wacziarg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13547

Against All Odds: Tentative Steps Toward Efficient Information Sharing in Groups

Darius Schlangenotto, Wendelin Schnedler, Radovan Vadovic

published in: Games, 2020, 11 (3), 31

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13476

Enfranchisement, Political Participation and Political Competition: Evidence from Colonial India

Guilhem Cassan, Lakshmi Iyer, Rinchan Ali Mirza

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13449

The Spillover of Anti-Immigration Politics to the Schoolyard

Emanuele Bracco, Maria De Paola, Colin P. Green, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 75, 102141.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13442

Voting and Political Participation in the Aftermath of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Hani Mansour, Daniel I. Rees, James Reeves

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (6), 1769-1794

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13427

Public Attention and Policy Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Michael Ganslmeier, Panu Poutvaara

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13392

Bringing Connections Onboard: The Value of Political Influence

Colin P. Green, Swarnodeep HomRoy

published as 'Incorporated in Westminster: Channels and Returns to Political Connection in the United Kingdom' in: Economica, 2022, 89 (354), 377-408

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13351

The Political Scar of Epidemics

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Barry Eichengreen, Orkun Saka

revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134 (600), 1683–1700,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13335

Turnout in the Municipal Elections of March 2020 and Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 Epidemic in France

Simone Bertoli, Lucas Guichard, Francesca Marchetta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13268

The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States

Paola Giuliano, Marco Tabellini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13104

Confidence in Public Institutions and the Run up to the October 2019 Uprising in Lebanon

Ali Fakih, Paul Makdissi, Walid Marrouch, Rami V. Tabri, Myra Yazbeck

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 228 (1), 205-227

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13103

Political Networks across the Globe

Simon Commander, Stavros Poupakis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13090

Terrorism, Political Opinions, and Election Outcomes: Evidence from Europe

Giovanni Peri, Daniel I. Rees, Brock Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13032

The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism

Sascha O. Becker, Lukas Mergele, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2020, 34 (2), 143-171

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. 13026

Globalization, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Sergei Guriev, Daniel Treisman

revised version published in: Journal of Politics, 2024, 86 (4), 1177 - 1191

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13022

Bowling with Trump: Economic Anxiety, Racial Identification, and Well-Being in the 2016 Presidential Election

Mark Fabian, Robert Breunig, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12949

Unintended Consequences: Can the Rise of the Educated Class Explain the Revival of Protectionism?

Paolo E. Giordani, Fabio Mariani

published in: Journal of Economic Theory, 2022, 200, 105385.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12911

Habemus Papam? Polarization and Conflict in the Papal States

Francisco J. Pino, Jordi Vidal-Robert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12816

Studying More to Vote Less: Education and Voter Turnout in Italy

Elona Harka, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 72, 102115

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12749

Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in Three Countries

Maria Alejandra Cattaneo, Philipp Lergetporer, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, Stefan C. Wolter

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 63, 101876

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12729

Proportional Representation, Political Responsiveness and Child Mortality

Christina Gathmann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12569

Gender Differences in Political Career Progression: Evidence from U.S. Elections

Ryan Brown, Hani Mansour, Stephen D. O'Connell, James Reeves

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12549

Gains from Early Support of a New Political Party

Marco Leonardi, Rossella Mossucca, Fabiano Schivardi, Battista Severgnini

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 190; 878 - 890

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12485

We Were the Robots: Automation and Voting Behavior in Western Europe

Massimo Anelli, Italo Colantone, Piero Stanig

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12477

Buying Supermajorities in the Lab

Sebastian Fehrler, Maik T. Schneider

published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2021, 127, 113-154

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12399

Overstrained Citizens? The Number of Ballot Propositions and the Quality of the Decision Process in Direct Democracy

Alois Stutzer, Michael Baltensperger, Armando N. Meier

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 59, 483-500

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12354

Voting Power and Survival: The Case of a Ruling Party

Artyom Jelnov, Pavel Jelnov

pablished as "Success, Survival and Probabilistic Voting: The Case of a ruling Party" in: Journal Homo Oeconomicus, 2019, 36(3), 209-226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12342

Anti-Elite Politics and Emotional Reactions to Socio-Economic Problems. Experimental Evidence on 'Pocketbook Anger' from France, Germany, and the United States

Paul Marx

published in: British Journal of Sociology, 2020, 71 (4), 608-624.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12334

Hurricanes, Climate Change Policies and Electoral Accountability

Stefano Gagliarducci, M. Daniele Paserman, Eleonora Patacchini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12249

Do Party Positions Affect the Public's Policy Preferences?

Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 179, 523-543

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12175

The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance: How Information and Design Affect Public Preferences for Tuition

Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann

now IZA Discussion Papers 14386 and 14991

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12016

Touch Thee Not: Group Conflict, Caste Power, and Untouchability in Rural India

Indraneel Dasgupta, Sarmistha Pal

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021, 49 (2), 442-466

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11945

Special Interest Groups versus Voters and the Political Economics of Attention

Patrick Balles, Ulrich Matter, Alois Stutzer

published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134 (662), 2290 - 2320

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11865

Term Limit Extension and Electoral Participation: Evidence from a Diff-in-Discontinuities Design at the Local Level in Italy

Marco Alberto De Benedetto, Maria De Paola

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 59, 196-211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11782

Economic Integration and State Capacity: Evidence from the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union

Laszlo Bruszt, Nauro F. Campos

published as 'Economic Integration and State Capacity' in: Journal of Institutional Economics, 2019, 15 (3). 449-468.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11777

Migration, Political Institutions, and Social Networks

Catia Batista, Julia Seither, Pedro C. Vicente

published in: World Development, 2019, 117, 328-343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11759

Backlash in Attitudes after the Election of Extreme Political Parties

Magnus Carlsson, Gordon B. Dahl, Dan-Olof Rooth

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 204, 104533

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11730

Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 188, 104226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11597

Everybody's a Victim? Global Terror, Well-Being and Political Attitudes

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Ahmed Elsayed

published as 'Global terror, well-being and political attitudes' in: European Economic Review, 2020, 123, Article 103394

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11596

Women Legislators and Economic Performance

Thushyanthan Baskaran, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Brian Min, Yogesh Uppal

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2024, 29, 151–214

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11595

Voting as a War of Attrition

Maksymilian Kwiek, Helia Marreiros, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 167, 104-121, 2019.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11491

News Media and Crime Perceptions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Nicola Mastrorocco, Luigi Minale

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 165, 230-255