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1by Hodler, Roland Published in Economic inquiry (01.04.2018)“...There were large differences in the responses of Arab dictators to the Arab Spring protests. To understand these differences, I present a stylized model of how...”
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2“...We complement the literature on distributive politics by taking a systematic look at regional favoritism in a large and diverse sample of countries and by...”
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3by Hodler, Roland Published in European economic review (2006)“...This paper develops a model that can explain why natural resources are a blessing for some countries, but a curse for others. In this model, natural resources...”
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4“...We study how natural resources can feed corruption and how this effect depends on the quality of the democratic institutions. Our game-theoretic model predicts...”
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5“...Many terror attacks occur at the beginning of electoral terms. We present a game theoretical model with incomplete information to account for this empirical...”
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6by Hodler, Roland Published in Journal of development economics (2009)“...We study industrial policy and its effectiveness in a model with both market and government failures. We introduce a public agency responsible for industrial...”
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7“...We study the effects of economic shocks on civil conflict at the subnational level using a panel dataset of 5689 administrative regions from 53 African...”
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8by Roland Hodler Published in Public choice (01.07.2011)“...We present a model in which a conservative incumbent with preferences for low public spending can strategically run a budget deficit to prevent the left-wing...”
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9“...We analyze the effect of an ethnic group’s country-level population share on the mobile phone infrastructure in Africa. Consistent with the African...”
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10“...We introduce foreign aid and a rent seeking contest for public funds into the Barro (JPE 1990) growth model. We find that aid effectiveness depends on fiscal...”
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11“...Over time, the international development community has advocated various development paradigms, but countries following these paradigms have often performed...”
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12by Hodler, Roland Published in Journal of institutional and theoretical economics (01.09.2011)“...We study how financial development depends on trade openness and different types of institutions. In our model the elite can repress the financial market to...”
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13by Roland Hodler Simon Luechinger Alois Stutzer Published in American economic journal. Economic policy (01.02.2015)“...Increasing the attractiveness of voting is often seen as a remedy for unequal participation and the influence of special-interest groups on public policy...”
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14by Roland Hodler Published in Economica (London) (01.10.2009)“...This paper analyses how income redistribution affects inequality in a society in which individuals differ in their earning abilities and their preferences for...”
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16“...Nighttime lights, calculated from weather satellite recordings, are increasingly used by social scientists as a proxy for economic activity or economic...”
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17“...We study the strategic interaction between a decision maker who needs to take a binary decision but is uncertain about relevant facts and an informed expert...”
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18“...We study a two-sector, two-period model with learning externalities in the modern sector and imperfectly integrated capital markets. We find that higher...”
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19“...We study a model of conflicts and wars in which the outcome is uncertain not because of luck on the battlefield as in standard models, but because countries...”
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20“...This paper analyzes the role of networks in the spatial diffusion of local economic shocks in Africa. We show that road and ethnic connectivity are...”