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Jörg L. Spenkuch

Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)

2001 Sheridan Road

Evanston, IL 60208

United States

http://kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/spenkuch/

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1.

Political Advertising and Election Outcomes

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Political Advertising and Election Outcomes

Kilts Center for Marketing at Chicago Booth – Nielsen Dataset Paper Series 1-046,
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 05 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2016
Jörg L. Spenkuch and David Toniatti
Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS) and Analysis Group, Inc.
Downloads 286 (95,529)

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advertising, elections, voting, turnout, persuasion

Political Advertising and Election Outcomes

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5780
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 24 Mar 2016
Jörg L. Spenkuch and David Toniatti
Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS) and Analysis Group, Inc.
Downloads 60 (330,333)

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advertising, elections, voting, turnout, persuasion

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Backward Induction in the Wild? Evidence from Sequential Voting in the U.S. Senate

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2017
Jörg L. Spenkuch, Pablo Montagnes and Daniel Magleby
Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), University of Chicago - Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies and Binghamton University
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backward induction, partisanship, position taking, voting, U.S. Senate

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Self-Selection and Comparative Advantage in Social Interactions

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Self-Selection and Comparative Advantage in Social Interactions

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2017
Steve Cicala, Roland G. Fryer and Jörg L. Spenkuch
University of Chicago, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
Downloads 191 (143,661)
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peer effects, social interactions, comparative advantage, ordinal rank

A Roy Model of Social Interactions

NBER Working Paper No. w16880
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 14 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2011
Steve Cicala, Roland G. Fryer and Jörg L. Spenkuch
University of Chicago, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
Downloads 27 (454,028)
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Understanding the Impact of Immigration on Crime

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 May 2010 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2017
Jörg L. Spenkuch
Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
Downloads 140 (128,657)
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immigration, crime, social cost of immigration

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health insurance, adverse selection, moral hazard, Seguro Popular

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Religion and Work: Micro Evidence from Contemporary Germany

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2017
Jörg L. Spenkuch
Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
Downloads 73 (293,663)
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religion, economic effects of religion, Protestantism, impact of Protestantism, Reformation

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Special Interests at the Ballot Box? Religion and the Electoral Success of the Nazis

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 15 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2016
Jörg L. Spenkuch and Philipp Tillmann
Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS) and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
Downloads 69 (224,764)

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special interests, voting, religion, fascism, Nazis, Weimar Germany

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Racial Disparities in Job Finding and Offered Wages

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Racial Disparities in Job Finding and Offered Wages

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 29 Sep 2011
Roland G. Fryer, Devah Pager and Jörg L. Spenkuch
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
Downloads 39 (400,029)

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discrimination, wage gaps, race

Racial Disparities in Job Finding and Offered Wages

NBER Working Paper No. w17462
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 30 Sep 2011
Roland G. Fryer, Devah Pager and Jörg L. Spenkuch
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
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The Manipulation of Children's Preferences, Old Age Support, and Investment in Children's Human Capital

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Oct 2014
Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy and Jörg L. Spenkuch
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Chicago and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
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preferences, old age support, human capital, bequests

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Expressive vs. Pivotal Voters: An Empirical Assessment

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 20 May 2017
Jörg L. Spenkuch
Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
Downloads 40 (317,981)

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expressive voting, strategic voting,voter behavior

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A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2018
Gary S. Becker, Scott Duke Kominers, Kevin M. Murphy and Jörg L. Spenkuch
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Harvard University, University of Chicago and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
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intergenerational mobility, inequality, human capital, complementarities

12.

The Plight of Mixed Race Adolescents

NBER Working Paper No. w14192
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2008
Roland G. Fryer, Lisa B. Kahn, Steven D. Levitt and Jörg L. Spenkuch
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University, Department of Economics, University of Chicago and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
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voting, strategic voting, manipulation of elections

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Please Don't Vote for Me: Voting in a Natural Experiment with Perverse Incentives

The Economic Journal, Vol. 125, Issue 585, pp. 1025-1052, 2015
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Jun 2015
Jörg L. Spenkuch
Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
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Backward Induction in the Wild? Evidence from Sequential Voting in the U.S. Senate

Number of pages: 104 Posted: 24 Sep 2014
Jörg L. Spenkuch, Pablo Montagnes and Daniel Magleby
Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS), University of Chicago - Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies and Binghamton University
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backward induction, partisanship, position taking, voting, U.S. Senate

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Self-Selection and Comparative Advantage in Social Interactions

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Mar 2011
Steve Cicala, Roland G. Fryer and Jörg L. Spenkuch
University of Chicago, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS)
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peer effects, social interactions, comparative advantage, ordinal rank