History
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Emerging Economies
Oct 22, 2017 | 03:30
Coping with the dysfunction of advanced economies, and developing strategies for economic development.
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Conference paper
Betting on Hitler – The Value of Political Connections in Nazi Germany
Oct 2017
This paper examines the value of connections between German industry and the Nazi movement in early 1933. Drawing on previously unused contemporary sources about management and supervisory board composition and stock returns, we find that one out of seven firms, and a large proportion of the biggest companies, had substantive links with the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Firms supporting the Nazi movement experienced unusually high returns, outperforming unconnected ones by 5% to 8% between January and March 1933. These results are not driven by sectoral composition and are robust to alternative estimators and definitions of affiliation.
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Conference paper
Notes on the Failure of the Weimar Republic
Oct 2017
“The Failure of Democracy” – “The weaknesses of Weimar” Do headlines such as these suggest that the whole architecture of the first German republic was wrong, that it was doomed right from the start, that the “collapse” was unavoidable?
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Conference paper
The Value of Political Connections in Fascist Italy
Oct 2017
Stock Market Returns and Corporate Networks
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Truth or Consequences: Lessons from Past Democratic Collapses
Oct 22, 2017 | 01:30
A look at how liberal democracies have disintegrated amid economic crises. Speakers: Thomas Ferguson, Tiziana Foresti, Nadia Garbellini, Peter Langer, Joachim Voth, Ariel Wirkierman Discussant: James Kurth Chair: Thomas Ferguson
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Conference paper
Who voted for Brexit? A comprehensive district-level analysis
Oct 2017
On 23 June 2016, the British electorate voted to leave the European Union (EU). We analyse vote and turnout shares across 380 local authority areas in the United Kingdom.
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Populist Revolts: Economics, Culture, Race, Gender?
Oct 22, 2017 | 09:00
Different accounts trace populism to cultural reactions, racial or gender animosity, and/or economics. What does the empirical evidence suggest?
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Conference paper
The Hinge of Fate? Economic and Social Populism in the 2016 Presidential Election A Preliminary Exploration
Oct 2017
Support for populism is often attributed to xenophobia, racism, sexism; to anger and resentment at immigrants, racial or ethnic minorities, or “uppity” non-traditional women. According to these accounts , people who feel socially resentful may reject established politicians as favoring those “others” over people like themselves, and turn to outsider populistic leaders.
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Conference paper
Instrumental Variables and Causal Mechanisms
Oct 2017
Unpacking the Effect of Trade on Workers and Voters
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Conference paper
Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Development
Oct 2017
A better set of approaches for the 21st century.
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Conference paper
Hell is Truth Seen Too Late
Oct 2017
The contemporary literature on neoliberalism has grown so large as to be unwieldy. For some on the left, this has presented an occasion to denounce it altogether.
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Conference paper
How far are Economists Purveyors of Fake News?
Oct 2017
How far are economists implicated in the rise of ‘fake experts’ and ‘fake news’?
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Fake News and Fake Experts? Or Should the Experts and the Media Find New Citizens?
Oct 22, 2017 | 03:30
Fake news, propaganda, and “expertise”: What has happened to information in the information age?
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Conference paper
Importing Political Polarization?
Oct 2017
The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure
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Conference paper
Fathers of Neoliberalism
Oct 2017
The Academic and Professional Performance of the Chicago School, 1960-1985