The Volatility Curse examines the conditions under which economic voting can (and cannot)
function as a mechanism of democratic accountability, challenging existing theories that are …

This study aims to examine the effect of the dimensions of green intellectual capital, ie green
human capital, green structural capital, and green relational capital, on SMEs’ business …

How do voters react to shocks that are outside the control of politicians? We address this
question by studying the electoral impact of wildfires in Spain in the period 1983-2014. This …

Do events irrelevant to politics affect citizens' political opinions? A growing literature
suggests that such events (eg, athletic competitions, shark attacks) do in fact shape political …

We develop a formal framework for accumulating evidence across studies and apply it to
develop theoretical foundations for replication. Our primary contribution is to characterize the …

Do emotions affect the decision between change and the status quo? We exploit exogenous
variation in emotions caused by rain and analyze data on more than 870,000 municipal vote …

What does it mean to say that citizens have control over their leaders? In a democracy,
citizens should have some control over how they are governed. If they do not participate …

We examine whether politically irrelevant events can cause conflicts, by analyzing the
effects of professional football games in Europe on protests in Africa—an unintended …

Anthony Fowler and Andrew Hall question both the statistical validity and the broader
significance of our analysis of the electoral impact of shark attacks along the Jersey Shore in …

The third year of the Bolsonaro presidency coincided with the second year of the pandemic
of the Covid-19, and with the worsening of economic conditions in the country. This article …