Sentiments and Economic Activity: Evidence from US States

Economic Geography and Economic Voting: Evidence from the US States

If voters use information about the economy to assess the competence of incumbents, a connection between economic conditions and incumbent success should only be discernable in settings where public policy might plausibly affect the economy, and where the assignment of government responsibility is relatively straightforward. Applying this logic to United States gubernatorial elections, we test ...

Undermine “The Moral Sentiments”: Evidence from Economic Experiments

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Banking-industry specific and regional economic determinants of non-performing loans: Evidence from US states

The present study examines state-level banking-industry specific as well as region economic determinants of non-performing loans for all commercial banks and savings institutions across 50 US states and the District of Columbia for 1984–2013. Using both fixed effects and dynamic-GMM estimations, I find greater capitalization, liquidity risks, poor credit quality, greater cost inefficiency and b...

Evidence for US States

This article presents newly-available migration data from the 1990 US census to assess immigration and internal migration components as they affect state poverty populations. New immigrant waves are heavily focused on only a few'port-of-entry' states. It is suggested that these immigrants have begun to impact upon internal migration into and out of these 'high immigration states', and have also...

Isolated Capital Cities, Accountability and Corruption: Evidence from US States