Heinrich W. Ursprung

University of Konstanz

Konstanz, D-78457

Germany

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Munich, DE-81679

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The Impact of Globalization on the Composition of Government Expenditures: Evidence from Panel Data

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The Impact of Globalization on the Composition of Government Expenditures: Evidence from Panel Data

KOF Working Papers / KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich No. 141
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Axel Dreher, Jan-Egbert Sturm and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Heidelberg University, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich and University of Konstanz
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globalization, economic policy, government expenditure composition, tax

The Impact of Globalization on the Composition of Government Expenditures: Evidence from Panel Data

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1755
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 25 Jul 2006
Axel Dreher, Jan-Egbert Sturm and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Heidelberg University, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich and University of Konstanz
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globalization, economic policy, government expenditure composition, tax competition

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Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity

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Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1906
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Jan 2006
Gabriela Schuetz, Heinrich W. Ursprung and Ludger Woessmann
Ifo Institute for Economic Research, University of Konstanz and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
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equality of opportunity, educational production, family background, student performance, tracking, pre-school, efficiency-equity tradeoff

Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1518
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Sep 2005
Heinrich W. Ursprung, Ludger Woessmann and Gabriela Schuetz
University of Konstanz, Ifo Institute for Economic Research and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
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equality of opportunity, educational production, family background, student performance, tracking, pre-school, efficiency-equity tradeoff

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Reputation, Price, and Death: An Empirical Analysis of Art Price Formation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2237
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Feb 2020
Heinrich W. Ursprung and Christian Wiermann
University of Konstanz and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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art price formation, death effect, durable goods monopoly

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Environmental Policy in an Integrated World Economy

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Paper No. 28.98
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 17 Sep 1998
Gunther G. Schulze and Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Freiburg - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz
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Evaluation of Researchers: A Life Cycle Analysis of German Academic Economists

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1673
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Mar 2006
Michael Rauber and Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz
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research productivity, performance evaluation, life cycles, rankings

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Globalisation, Competitive Governments, and Constitutional Choice in Europe

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Feb 2002
Albert Breton and Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Toronto - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz
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Do Civil and Political Repression Really Boost Foreign Direct Investments?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Apr 2001
Heinrich W. Ursprung and Philipp Harms
University of Konstanz and Study Centre Gerzensee
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Foreign Direct Investment, Globalization, Democracy, Freedom

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Commercial Culture, Political Culture and the Political Economy of Trade Policy: The Case of Japan

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Mar 2001
Seiichi Katayama and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Kobe University and University of Konstanz
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Academic Performance and Single-Sex Schooling: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3592
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Oct 2011
Gerald Eisenkopf, Zohal Hessami, Urs Fischbacher and Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, University of Konstanz, Department of Economics, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Konstanz
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gender math gap, single-sex education, coeducation, natural experiment

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Diff-in-Diff in Death: Estimating and Explaining Artist-Specific Death Effects

CESifo Working Paper No. 8181
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 Mar 2020
Heinrich W. Ursprung and Katarina Zigova
University of Konstanz and University of Konstanz
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art auction prices, death effect, reputation, differences in differences, regression discontinuity

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Parenthood and Productivity of Highly Skilled Labor: Evidence from the Groves of Academe

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Parenthood and Productivity of Highly Skilled Labor: Evidence from the Groves of Academe

FRB of St. Louis Working Paper No. 2014-001A
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 14 Jan 2014
Matthias Krapf, Heinrich W. Ursprung and Christian Zimmermann
University of Zurich, University of Konstanz and Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis
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Fertility, research productivity, gender gap, research productivity, life cycle.

Parenthood and Productivity of Highly Skilled Labor: Evidence from the Groves of Academe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7904
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 25 Jan 2014
Matthias Krapf, Heinrich W. Ursprung and Christian Zimmermann
University of Zurich, University of Konstanz and Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis
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fertility, research productivity, gender gap, research productivity, life cycle

Parenthood and Productivity of Highly Skilled Labor: Evidence from the Groves of Academe

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4641
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 06 Mar 2014
Matthias Krapf, Heinrich W. Ursprung and Christian Zimmermann
University of Zurich, University of Konstanz and Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis
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fertility, research productivity, gender gap, life cycle

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The Political Economy of Redistribution Policy

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6189
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Dec 2016
Luna Bellani and Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Konstanz and University of Konstanz
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redistribution, political economy

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Political Yardstick Competition, Economic Integration, and Constitutional Choice in a Federation

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Aug 2001
Martin Bodenstein and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Konstanz
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Economic Integration, Federalism, Political Economy, Yardstick Competition

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Price and Death

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2213
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Feb 2008
Jun-ichi Itaya and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Hokkaido University - Division of Modern Economics and Management and University of Konstanz
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art prices, durable-goods monopoly, Stackelberg equilibrium

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Voter Support for Privatizing Education: Evidence on Self-Interest and Ideology

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Aug 2003
Wolfram Merzyn and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn and University of Konstanz
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Political Economy, Voter Behavior, Privatization, Education Policy, Vouchers

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Does the Field of Study Influence Students' Political Attitudes?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5545
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Nov 2015
Mira Fischer, Bjoern Kauder, Niklas Potrafke and Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Cologne - Department of Business Administration and Human Resource Management, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and University of Konstanz
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indoctrination, nature versus nurture, field of study, polical socialization, political attitudes, economics

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Political Repression and Child Labor: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Oct 2004
Heinrich W. Ursprung, Sandro Maffei and Nikolai Rabe
University of Konstanz, University of Konstanz and University of Konstanz
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child labor, political economy, freedom

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Life Cycle and Cohort Productivity in Economic Research: The Case of Germany

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2093
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Sep 2007
Michael Rauber and Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz
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research productivity, life cycles, cohort effects

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Suicide Attacks and Religious Cleavages

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5179
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Feb 2015
Andra Filote, Niklas Potrafke and Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Konstanz, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and University of Konstanz
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suicide terrorism, religion, religious cleavages, club goods

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Risk Aversion and Social Mobility: The Impossibility of Order-Pre-Serving Income Redistributions

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 02 Apr 2001
Leif Danziger and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz
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Political economy, social mobility, income redistribution

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Jane Beats Them All: Price Formation and Financial Returns to Investing in Rare Books

CESifo Working Paper No. 8302
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 May 2020
Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Konstanz
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are books, price indices, investment in collectibles, cultural economics

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Where are the Rent Seekers?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5833
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Apr 2016
Arye L. Hillman and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz
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rent seeking, rent creation, deadweight losses, income distribution, interest groups, contest models, Gordon Tullock, Gary Becker, Donald Wittman

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A Positive Theory of the Earnings Relationship of Unemployment Benefits

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3003
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Sep 2007
Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg and Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Trier - Institute of Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld - Faculty of Business and University of Konstanz
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earnings relationship, panel data, political support maximization, wage bargaining, unemployment benefits

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Academic Exclusion: Some Experiences

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5912
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Jun 2016
Arye L. Hillman and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz
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ideology, rents, rent seeking, X-efficiency, Gordon Tullock, Alexander Del Mar, J.A. Hobson, bias, eugenics, prejudice, anti-Semitism, professional recognition, strategic referencing

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Financial Returns to Collecting Rare Political Economy Books

CESifo Working Paper No. 8910
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Mar 2021
Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Konstanz
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Endogenous Maternity Allowances as Exemplified by Academic Promotion Standards

CESifo Working Paper No. 7490
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Feb 2019
Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Konstanz
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maternity, job market signaling, fertility, research productivity, highly skilled labor, economics of science, scientometrics

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Behavioral Determinants of Proclaimed Support for Environment Protection Policies

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5993
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 12 Aug 2016
Bjoern Kauder, Niklas Potrafke and Heinrich W. Ursprung
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and University of Konstanz
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environment protection, political preferences, ideology, identity, expressive behavior

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Education, Political Discontent, and Emigration Intentions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Turkey

CESifo Working Paper No. 7710
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Z. Eylem Gevrek, Pinar Kunt and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Catholic University of Portugal (UCP) - Católica Porto Business School, University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz
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education, migration, political discontent

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Election Systems, the "Beauty Premium" in Politics, and the Beauty of Dissent

CESifo Working Paper No. 8296
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 May 2020
Niklas Potrafke, Marcus Rösch and Heinrich W. Ursprung
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and University of Konstanz
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attractiveness of politicians, safe district, party strategies, electoral success, electoral system

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Election Systems, the ‘Beauty Premium’ in Politics, and the Beauty of Dissent

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 2020-026/V
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Jun 2020
Niklas Potrafke, Marcus Rösch and Heinrich W. Ursprung
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and University of Konstanz
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attractiveness of politicians, safe district, party strategies, electoral success, electoral system

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Political Culture and Economic Decline

European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 16, 2000
Posted: 27 Feb 2001
Arye L. Hillman and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz

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The King Never Emigrates: Political Culture and the Reluctant International Movement of People

CEPR Discussion Paper Series Number 1815
Posted: 22 Sep 1998
Gil S. Epstein, Arye L. Hillman and Heinrich W. Ursprung
Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics, Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz

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