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Référence interne : Working paper AMSE 2014-14 ; International audience ; This paper simultaneously estimates the impact of political majorities on the values of firms that would benefit from the platforms of the two main candidates at the 2007 French presidential election, Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy, and of those that are ruled or owned by Sarkozy's friends. We use prediction-market data to track each candidate's victory probability, and investigate how this relates to firms' abnormal returns. Our estimates suggest that the value of firms that would likely benefit from the platforms of Royal and Sarkozy changed by 1% and 2%, respectively, with the candidates' victory probabilities, and that firms connected to Sarkozy out-performed others by 3% due to his election.

Référence interne : Working paper AMSE 2014-14 ; International audience ; This paper simultaneously estimates the impact of political majorities on the values of firms that would benefit from the platforms of the two main candidates at the 2007 French presidential election, Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy, and of those that are ruled or owned by Sarkozy's friends. We use prediction-market data to track each candidate's victory probability, and investigate how this relates to firms' abnormal returns. Our estimates suggest that the value of firms that would likely benefit from the platforms of Royal and Sarkozy changed by 1% and 2%, respectively, with the candidates' victory probabilities, and that firms connected to Sarkozy out-performed others by 3% due to his election.

Référence interne : Working paper AMSE 2014-14 ; International audience ; This paper simultaneously estimates the impact of political majorities on the values of firms that would benefit from the platforms of the two main candidates at the 2007 French presidential election, Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy, and of those that are ruled or owned by Sarkozy's friends. We use prediction-market data to track each candidate's victory probability, and investigate how this relates to firms' abnormal returns. Our estimates suggest that the value of firms that would likely benefit from the platforms of Royal and Sarkozy changed by 1% and 2%, respectively, with the candidates' victory probabilities, and that firms connected to Sarkozy out-performed others by 3% due to his election.

Référence interne : Working paper AMSE 2014-14 ; International audience ; This paper simultaneously estimates the impact of political majorities on the values of firms that would benefit from the platforms of the two main candidates at the 2007 French presidential election, Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy, and of those that are ruled or owned by Sarkozy's friends. We use prediction-market data to track each candidate's victory probability, and investigate how this relates to firms' abnormal returns. Our estimates suggest that the value of firms that would likely benefit from the platforms of Royal and Sarkozy changed by 1% and 2%, respectively, with the candidates' victory probabilities, and that firms connected to Sarkozy out-performed others by 3% due to his election.

Does the political nature of modern judicial confirmation hearings lead the public to think of the Supreme Court as a political body? Some political actors inevitably attack the institution during a confirmation hearing—which should lead to a decrease in support for it—but they attack the Court for acting extra-judicially. More generally, confirmation hearings send the American public an important and universal message: that the Supreme Court at least ought to be a legal institution. Based on original panel data closely surrounding the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, I find that confirmation hearings lead the public to place greater value on the non-political characteristics of a judge. While Supreme Court legitimacy reduced among Democrats over the course of the hearings, all respondents (including Democrats) became more likely to emphasize the importance of the legal qualities in a judge. For Democrats, the data suggests these two processes (reduced legitimacy and increased emphasis on a judge's legal characteristics) worked independently. For Republicans—and consistent with positivity bias theory—enhanced legitimacy was predicted by a decrease in focus on the political aspects of a judge over the course of the confirmation hearing.

Este estudio explora una innovación curricular en la clase de ciencias sociales de una escuela pública en Bogotá, Colombia, orientada a integrar algunos de los objetivos de la Educación para la Ciudadanía Mundial en los planes de estudio de los estudiantes de décimo grado. A través de un proyecto de investigación-acción se reformuló el plan de estudios del docente para enriquecerlo con una visión global de los temas tratados. Los resultados muestran cómo a través de estrategias lúdicas e innovadoras los estudiantes comprenden las diferencias entre distintos sistemas de gobierno y el sentido de la participación democrática. Asimismo, por medio de ejercicios comparativos, logran comprender la complejidad del conflicto armado en Colombia, en diálogo con los procesos de transición democrática acontecidos en otros países. Por último, gracias a ejercicios de investigación sobre movimientos sociales globales y al uso de portafolios, analizan las motivaciones y formas de acción de estos movimientos y se identifican empáticamente con la defensa de los derechos humanos. Con esta base, en este artículo se destacan lecciones aprendidas que pueden aportar a los maestros interesados en realizar innovaciones similares en sus aulas ; This study explores a curricular innovation in the social studies class of a public school in Bogota, Colombia, in order to integrate some of the Global Citizenship Education objectives in the curricula of tenth grade students. Through an action research project, we were able to reform the teacher's former plan of studies to enrich it with a global vision of the topics discussed. Results show how, through ludic and innovative strategies, students understand the differences among various government systems, and the sense of democratic participation. Likewise, through comparative exercises, they get to understand the complexity of armed conflict in Colombia, in dialogue with the processes of democratic transition that took place in other countries. Lastly, thanks to research activities about global social movements and to the use of portfolios, students analyze the motives and forms of action of those movements, and empathically identify themselves with the defense of human rights. Learned lessons for teachers interested in conducting similar innovations in their classrooms are highlighted

Der Beitrag enthält eine ausführliche kommentierte Darstellung von über Internet bzw. World Wide Web zugänglichen Informationsquellen für politische Information zu / über Deutschland, gegliedert nach folgenden Gesichtspunkten: aktuelle Information (z.B. Zeitungen, Rundfunk, politische Magazine), Regierungsveröffentlichungen, Veröffentlichungen der politischen Parteien, wissenschaftliche Information bzw. Fachinformation (Forschungseinrichtungen, Universitäten, Fachzeitschriften). (FUB-Hng)

Introduction. David Ricardo is a very prominent figure in the history of economic thought. He is a recognized leader in classical political economy and a reputable financier in both Britain and Europe in the first half of the XIX century. He is rightly considered one of the creators of the labor theory of value, he has brought it to its logical conclusion. The scientist made a significant contribution to the development of a scientific method for studying economic phenomena.Purpose of the research is to generalize the economic views of a prominent scientist on economic phenomena and processes, the action of economic laws that ensure the balance of a market economy and the basic principles of economic liberalism; analyze the Ricardo's views on the laws of social wealth distribution between three classes of society and the impact of the existing distribution of income on the growth of wealth.Methods. The methodological basis of the study are such general scientific methods as analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction, which were used to assess the views, conclusions and recommendations of the scientist to ensure market equilibrium and increase the material wealth of society; historical – to understand the essence of the evolution of existing views on the labor theory of value, the theory of money and land rent; combining the abstract method with quantitative analysis to determine the quantitative characteristics of economic phenomena; positive and normative – to study the main and distinctive features in the views of representatives of classical political economy.Results. It has been researched the David Ricardo's scientific work and it has been established that he was a prominent representative of classical political economy, a follower and at the same time an opponent of certain theoretical positions of Adam Smith. It was found that the most important ideas of economic theory have been reflected in his labor theory of value, the theory of capital and money, the theory of income distribution, tax theory and ...

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This paper examines the investment and financial decisions of a sample of 92 EU regulated utilities, taking into account key institutional features of EU public utilities, such as: a) regulation by agencies with various degrees of independence; b) partial ownership of the state in the regulated firm; and c) the government's political orientation, which may ultimately influence the regulatory climate to be either more pro-firm or more pro-consumers. Our results show that regulatory independence matters for both investment and financial decisions. Investment increases under an Independent Regulatory Agency (IRA), while ownership has no effect. Leverage also increases when the IRA is in place, especially so if the regulated firm is privately controlled. Finally political orientation does matter, as firm investment increases under more conservative (pro-firm) governments, but this effect appears to revert when the IRA is in place.

El presente trabajo incide en la importancia de la protección jurídica de la oposición política. Un sistema sólo puede calificarse como democrático cuando garantiza jurídicamente el ejercicio de la función de oposición. Ello requiere, naturalmente, que se reconozcan los derechos y libertades fundamentales y, muy particularmente, los derechos políticos que constituyen su ineludible presupuesto. Este reconocimiento puede observarse en todas las constituciones que definimos como democráticas. ; This paper stresses the importance of the legal protection of political opposition. A system can only be described as democratic when it legally guarantees the exercise of the opposition function. This naturally requires the recognition of fundamental rights and freedoms and, in particular, of the political rights that constitute its ineluctable presupposition. This recognition can be observed in all constitutions that we define as democratic. ; peerReviewed