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🔎 Why do firms benefit from political connections? Three mechanisms explain the results: 1️⃣ Signal Mechanism: politician connections enhance a firm’s reputation, improving credit ratings. 2️⃣ Management Quality: politicians bring leadership skills & experience, boosting firm performance. 3️⃣ Direct Influence: connected firms receive more subsidies & government contracts.

🆕 RFBerlin - @CReAM_Research #DiscussionPaper: How do political connections influence firms? @AndreDiegmann, Laura Pohlan and Andrea Weber study the impact of German parliamentarians holding executive or supervisory positions in firms. 🧵👇

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Ist die #Schuldenbremse noch zeitgemäß oder vielleicht das Problem für unsere Misere? Wir haben mit @ReintGropp, dem Präsidenten des Leibniz-Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung (@IWH_Halle), gesprochen. Spannende Erkenntnisse jetzt im Podcast hören👇🏼 podcasts.apple.com/de/podcas…

In Deutschland wird der #Mindestlohn diskutiert. Dazu IWH-Arbeitsmarktexperte Steffen Müller. Siehe auch unser ausführliches Interview: iwh-halle.de/presse/pressema…

Wanted for hire: PhD Student in Economics at Uni Leipzig I am looking for someone interested in behavioral, political economy and/or public economics. This is a research only position (for a DFG grant with @lergetporer)

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More on #politicians and #firms in this @iza_bonn Discussion Paper by @AndreDiegmann @IWH_Halle, Laura Pohlan @iab_news and Andrea Weber @ceu: 'Do Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament'. Full-text: docs.iza.org/dp17031.pdf

New @IZAWorldofLabor Opinion Piece out today: 'How political connections shape firm outcomes in Germany' by @AndreDiegmann @IWH_Halle, Laura Pohlan @iab_news and Andrea Weber @ceu. wol.iza.org/opinions/politic…

Geospatial data on local government corruption. PLUS: granular proxies for subnational GDP, geospatial data on internet access, and more. Here's everything I wrote about last week:

Im morgigen Scientific Workshop werden ab 9 Uhr aktuelle wissenschaftliche Papiere zu Produktivität, Wachstum, Innovationen, Arbeitsproduktivität sowie KI und Lohnwachstums vorgestellt und diskutiert. Mit @AndreDiegmann, @falck_elisa, @EdTheStorm und @FTrouvain (3/3)

Scientific Workshop on productivity: For the 2⃣nd time, the @GCEE_en holds a scientific workshop as part of the National Productivity Dialog 2024 on 20 June. With @AndreDiegmann, @falck_elisa, @EdTheStorm and @FTrouvain. Registration is open until 17 June: sachverstaendigenrat-wirtsch…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19119 Do #Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament @AndreDiegmann @IWH_Halle @iab_news, Laura Pohlan @iab_news @iza_bonn, Andrea Weber @ceu @iza_bonn @zew_en ow.ly/jt7z50S3Ylj #CEPR_PE

Dieser Tweet enthält, auf den Punkt gebracht, den größten wirtschaftspolitischen Irrtum in Deutschland: dass private und öffentliche Schulden dasselbe seien!

Freu mich über die Aufmerksamkeit zur "Zukunftsjobs" Studie, die ich mit Ronald Bachmann leiten durfte. Worum geht's?👉Entwicklung von Zukunftsjobs in 5 Regionen (Berlin, Hamburg, München, Rheinland, Ruhrgebiet) 👉Studie : rwi-essen.de/fileadmin/user_… 👇🧵mit einigen Highlights:

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In this week’s session of the @BSE_Berlin Berlin Applied Micro Seminar, Project Leader Andrea Weber has presented “Do Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament” (joint with @AndreDiegmann & Laura Pohlan).

Really striking and important work on "Do Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament" by Andrea Weber & co. @BSE_Berlin on Monday. Food for thought for thinking critically about compliance rules and public policy/politics in 🇩🇪