Author: Margarian, A.; Hundt, C. • Journal/Series: Competitiveness Review, 33(7), 1–21
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One economy, but different growth regimes: why Germany’s rural east is still lagging2023 Coupled support for sugar beet in the European Union: Does it lead to market distortions?2022 Author: Haß, M. • Journal/Series: Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73(1), 86–111
Under the EU Common Agriculture Policy, only 11 of 19 sugar beet producing EU Member States provide coupled direct payments for sugar beet. This paper analyses the market effects of this uneven implementation of an agricultural policy instrument along the…
Taxation under direct democracy2022 Author: Rösel, F.; Geschwind, S. • Journal/Series: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 200, 536–554
Do citizens legislate different tax policies than parliaments? We provide quasi-experimental evidence for causal effects of direct democracy. Town meetings (popular assemblies) replace local councils in small German municipalities below a specific population threshold. Difference-indifferences, RD and event study estimates…
Roman transport network connectivity and economic integration2022 Author: Ludwig, M.; Flückiger, M.; Hornung, E.; Larch, M.; Mees, A. • Journal/Series: Review of Economic Studies, 89, 774–810
We show that the creation of the first integrated pan-European transport network during Roman times influences economic integration over two millennia. Drawing on spatially highly disaggregated data on excavated Roman ceramics, we document that interregional trade was strongly influenced by…
Sports clubs and populism: Quasi-experimental evidence from German cities2022 Author: Rösel, F.; Foertsch, M. • Journal/Series: CESifo Working Paper No. 10259
Does social capital always promote solidarity and democracy, or are social networks such as sports clubs also vulnerable to populism? We exploit quasi-experimental variation in sports club membership in German cities. Sports clubs are booming in cities with successful soccer…
Options for reforming agricultural subsidies from health, climate, and economic perspectives2022 Author: Springmann, M.; Freund, F. • Journal/Series: Nature Communications, 13, 82
Agricultural subsidies are an important factor for influencing food production and therefore part of a food system that is seen as neither healthy nor sustainable. Here we analyse options for reforming agricultural subsidies in line with health and climate-change objectives…
We need a food system transformation – In the face of the Russia-Ukraine war, now more than ever2022 Author: Pörtner, L. M.; Lambrecht, N.; Springmann, M.; Bodirsky, B. L.; Gaupp, F.; Freund, F.; Lotze-Campen, H.; Gabrysch, S. • Journal/Series: One Earth, 5(5), 470–472
The transformation toward a healthy, just, and environmentally friendly food system needs to be reinforced—and not abandoned—in the face of the Russia-Ukraine war. We need comprehensive solutions that bring short-term relief and also avert the existential threat our food system…
The access to CETA quotas: Extending CGE models with a market for quota licenses2022 Author: Döbeling, T. • Journal/Series: Q Open, 2(2), qoac019
We analyze the market dynamics that are caused by tariff-rate quotas, particularly the effects of quota license allocation between heterogeneous commodities at the tariff line level. The allocation is endogenously modeled with a mixed complementarity problem approach for the case…
Policy analysis indicates health-sensitive trade and subsidy reforms are needed in the UK to avoid adverse dietary health impacts post-Brexit2021 Author: Freund, F.; Springmann, M. • Journal/Series: Nature Food, 2, 502–508
The United Kingdom’s food system will be greatly impacted by Brexit-related trade deals and policy developments—with implications for dietary risk factors and public health. Here we use an integrated economic–health modelling framework to analyse the impacts of different policy approaches…
Populists in power2021 Author: Rösel, F.; Doerr, L.; Potrafke, N. • Journal/Series: CESifo Working Paper No. 9336
We examine how populist governments influence political culture and economic outcomes. Some Austrian communities are governed by far-right populist mayors, directly elected by a majority of voters. We exploit close elections and find that the electorate becomes more polarized under…
Ineffective fiscal rules? The effect of public sector accounting standards on budgets, efficiency, and accountability2021 Author: Dorn, F.; Gaebler, S.; Rösel, F. • Journal/Series: Public Choice, 186(3–4), 387–412
International organizations have encouraged national governments to switch from traditional cash-based to business-like accrual accounting, on the presumption that long-run benefits may outweigh substantial implementation and operating costs. We use a quasi-experimental setting to evaluate whether changing public sector accounting…
Are doctors better health ministers?2020 Author: Pilny, A.; Rösel, F. • Journal/Series: American Journal of Health Economics, 6(4), 498–532
Appointing or electing professionals to be public officials is a double-edged sword. Experts can use their rich knowledge to implement reforms, but they can also favor their own profession. In this study, we compare physician-trained state health ministers to ministers…
Malaria suitability, urbanization and subnational development in sub-Saharan Africa2020 Author: Ludwig, M.; Flückiger, M. • Journal/Series: Journal of Urban Economics, 120
Using subnational data, we document that the climatic suitability for malaria falciparum transmission constitutes a first-nature characteristic that influences today’s spatial distribution of urbanization and socioeconomic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Both, levels of urbanization and development are lower in regions…
Migrating extremists2020 Author: Ochsner, C.; Rösel, F. • Journal/Series: The Economic Journal, 130(628), 1135–1172
We show that migrating extremists shape political landscapes toward their ideology in the long run. We exploit the unexpected division of the state of Upper Austria into a US and a Soviet occupation zone after WWII. Zoning prompts large-scale Nazi…
Electoral externalities in federations: Evidence from German opinion polls2020 Author: Free, X.; Langer, S.; Lehmann, R.; Rösel, F. • Journal/Series: Kyklos, 73(2), 227–252
Party performance in state and federal elections is highly interdependent. Federal elections impact regional voting dynamics and vice versa (electoral externalities). We quantify the extent of simultaneous electoral externalities between two layers of government. We apply vector autoregressions with predetermined…
The urban–rural gap in healthcare infrastructure: Does government ideology matter?2020 Author: Potrafke, N.; Rösel, F. • Journal/Series: Regional Studies, 54(3), 340–351
Spatial inequalities in publicly provided goods such as health care facilities have substantial socioeconomic effects. Little is known, however, as to why publicly provided goods diverge among urban and rural regions. We exploit narrow parliamentary majorities in German states between…
Compulsory voting and voter turnout: Empirical evidence from Austria2020 Author: Gaebler, S.; Potrafke, N.; Rösel, F. • Journal/Series: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 81, 103499
We examine whether compulsory voting influences political participation as measured by voter turnout, invalid voting, political interest, confidence in parliament, and party membership. In Austria, some states temporarily introduced compulsory voting in national elections. We inves- tigate border municipalities across…
Opening hours of polling stations and voter turnout: Evidence from a natural experiment2020 Author: Potrafke, N.; Rösel, F. • Journal/Series: The Review of International Organizations, 15(1), 133–163
Voter turnout has declined in many countries, raising the question of whether electoral institutions increase voter turnout. We exploit an electoral reform in the Austrian state of Burgenland as a natural experiment to identify the causal effect of polling station…