Three essays in applied econometrics
In this dissertation, first, I study the effects of broadband internet on individual and regional outcomes. Second, I provide an overview of the political espionage activities of the former East German secret service, the Stasi. In chapter one, I link the declining concentration of German vote share...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/687592 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/687592 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Applied econometrics 33 |
| Sumario: | In this dissertation, first, I study the effects of broadband internet on individual and regional outcomes. Second, I provide an overview of the political espionage activities of the former East German secret service, the Stasi. In chapter one, I link the declining concentration of German vote share distributions to individual shifts from face-to-face towards virtual interactions. I show that regions where voters engage in more interactions over the internet exhibit less concentrated vote share distributions. In the second chapter, I investigate whether broadband internet influences the integration of immigrants in Germany. I find positive effects on employment probabilities, the probability to speak German at home and the frequency of performing voluntary activities. In chapter three, Albrecht Glitz and I uncover the thematic emphasis of the Stasi’s political espionage. We further provide evidence that the Stasi systematically collected information on negotiations between high-ranking East and West German politicians. |
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