Browsing Handelshøyskolen BI by Journals "Economic Journal"

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    • Child Penalties in Politics 

      Fiva, Jon H.; King, Max-Emil Mohn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Women tend to experience a substantial decline in their labour income after their first child is born, while men do not. Do such ‘child penalties’ also exist in the political arena? Using comprehensive administrative data ...

    • A Composite Likelihood Approach for Dynamic Structural Models 

      Canova, Fabio; Matthes, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      We explain how to use the composite likelihood function to ameliorate estimation, computational and inferential problems in dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models. We combine the information present in different ...

    • Does Oil Promote or Prevent Coups? the Answer Is Yes 

      Nordvik, Frode Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      A large literature investigates the relation between oil and conflict, yet no empirical study has found any link between oil and coups d’état. Using a new data set on oil production separated into onshore and offshore ...

    • Identification of financial factors in economic fluctuations 

      Furlanetto, Francesco; Ravazzolo, Francesco; Sarferaz, Samad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      We estimate demand, supply, monetary, investment and financial shocks in a VAR identified with a minimum set of sign restrictions on US data. We find that financial shocks are major drivers of fluctuations in output, stock ...

    • Organized Crime, Institutions and Political Quality: Empirical Evidence from Italian Municipalities 

      Daniele, Gianmarco; Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      This article assesses how legal institutions affect the influence of politically active criminal organisations on the human capital of elected politicians using data from over 1,500 Southern Italian municipalities in the ...

    • Political Dynasties in Democracies: Causes, Consequences and Remaining Puzzles 

      Geys, Benny; Smith, Daniel Markham (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Kinship often continues to play an important role in determining the ruling class even under modern democratic elections in a wide range of countries. In recent years, academic interest in the causes and consequences of ...

    • Political Dynasties, Electoral Institutions and Politicians’ Human Capital 

      Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This article focuses on political dynasties’ potential consequences, and particularly investigates whether and when they lead to the selection of dynastic politicians with relatively lower education levels. I exploit the ...