Konstantinos Matakos

King’s College London - Department of Political Economy

Professor of Economics

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London, London WC2B 4BG

United Kingdom

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Harvard University - Department of Government

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1.

Does Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Make Natives More Hostile?

Stanford-Zurich Immigration Policy Lab Working Paper No. 17-02
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2019
Dominik Hangartner, Elias Dinas, Moritz Marbach, Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
Public Policy Group, University of Oxford, ETH Zürich - Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (GESS), King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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COVID-19 and People's Health-Wealth Preferences: Information Effects and Policy Implications

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 May 2020
Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap, Christel Koop, Konstantinos Matakos, Asli Unan and Nina Weber
University of East Anglia (UEA) - School of Economic and Social Studies, King's College London, King’s College London - Department of Political Economy, Amsterdam Centre for European Studies and King's College London
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COVID-19, health-wealth trade-off, information, value of life, lockdown, policy compliance

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Victim-blaming Social Norms and Violence Against Women: Correcting Misperceptions or Morality Drive Policy and Behavior Change?

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 17 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2025
Sevinc Bermek, Konstantinos Matakos and Asli Unan
London School of Economics, King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and Amsterdam Centre for European Studies
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gender-based violence, social norms, policy, victim-blaming, information, morality, survey experiment

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Electoral Rule Disproportionality and Platform Polarization

EPSA 2013 Annual General Conference Paper 809
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 May 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2013
Konstantinos Matakos, Orestis Troumpounis and Dimitrios Xefteris
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy, Ca Foscari University of Venice and University of Cyprus
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proportional representation, disproportional electoral systems, polarization, policy-motivated parties, number of parties, Duvergerian predictions

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Electoral Rules, Strategic Entry and Polarization

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Jan 2019
Damien Bol, Konstantinos Matakos, Orestis Troumpounis and Dimitrios Xefteris
King's College London - Department of Political Economy, King’s College London - Department of Political Economy, Ca Foscari University of Venice and University of Cyprus
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electoral systems; proportional representation; disproportionality; strategic entry; polarization; laboratory experiment

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Learning About Future Shocks While Still Caught Up in Past Ones: How Perceptions of Fairness and Economic Vulnerability Influence Redistributive Preferences and Behavior

QPE Working Paper 2021-29
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2022
Karen Jeffrey and Konstantinos Matakos
King's College London and King’s College London - Department of Political Economy
Downloads 187 (337,937)
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Inequality, Fairness, Shocks, Economic anxiety, Beliefs, Memory, Redistribution, Automation, COVID-19

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Non-Selfish Behavior: Are Social Preferences or Social Norms Revealed in Distribution Decisions?

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 28 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2025
Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap, Konstantinos Matakos and Nina Weber
University of East Anglia (UEA) - School of Economic and Social Studies, King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and King's College London
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Social Preferences, Norms, Distribution Decisions, Inequality, Unselfishness, Social Identity, Ambiguity, Principles of Justice, Pareto Criterion, Maximin

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Electoral Institutions and Intraparty Cohesion

VATT Institute for Economic Research Working Papers 109
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Aug 2018
Konstantinos Matakos, Riikka Savolainen, Orestis Troumpounis, Janne Tukiainen, Janne Tukiainen and Dimitrios Xefteris
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy, Newcastle University, Ca Foscari University of Venice, University of Turku - Turku School of Business - Department of EconomicsVATT Institute for Economic Research and University of Cyprus
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electoral systems, ideological heterogeneity, party cohesion, policymotivated parties, proportional representation, regression discontinuity design

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Refugee Migration and the Politics of Redistribution: Do Supply and Demand Meet?

Aboa Center for Economics, Discussion Paper No. 132, 2020
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 20 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2021
Konstantinos Matakos, Riikka Savolainen, Janne Tukiainen and Janne Tukiainen
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy, Newcastle University and University of Turku - Turku School of Business - Department of EconomicsVATT Institute for Economic Research
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Candidates, Immigration, Local Elections, Redistribution, Refugee Crisis

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Economic Insecurity and Political Stability: A Case for Growth-Targeting Systemic Vote

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2017
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
Downloads 162 (383,472)
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systemic parties, political stability, unemployment, economic voting, growth

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Divide and Rule: Redistribution in a Model with Differentiated Candidates

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2016
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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redistributive politics, inequality, taxation, differentiated candidates, within-group homogeneity, identity.

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Good News for Whom? The Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Announcement Reduced Political Trust

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2021
Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap, Christel Koop, Konstantinos Matakos, Asli Unan and Nina Weber
University of East Anglia (UEA) - School of Economic and Social Studies, King's College London, King’s College London - Department of Political Economy, Amsterdam Centre for European Studies and King's College London
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trust in government, locus of control, anxiety, COVID-19 vaccine, good news, compliance

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Citizens or Clients? Evidence on Opportunistic Voting from a Natural Experiment in Greece

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Aug 2013
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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Greek elections, electoral fragmentation, government spending, machine parties, natural experiment, rent-seeking voters, clientelism, protest voting, trust.

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Exploiting the 'Bare Necessities': Unemployment, Redistribution and Party-System Fragmentation

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Exploiting the 'Bare Necessities': Unemployment, Redistribution and Party-System Fragmentation

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 08 Aug 2013
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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electoral fragmentation, unemployment, redistributive politics, taxation, public spending, economic voting, instrumental variables, institutional constraints

Exploiting the 'Bare Necessities': Unemployment, Redistribution and Party-System Fragmentation

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 13 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2012
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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electoral fragmentation, unemployment, redistributive politics, taxation, public spending, economic voting, instrumental variables, institutional constraints

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We Cannot Disagree Forever! Reality Polarization and Citizens’ Post-Pandemic Fiscal Adjustment Preferences

Number of pages: 96 Posted: 11 Jan 2021
Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap, Christel Koop, Konstantinos Matakos, Asli Unan and Nina Weber
University of East Anglia (UEA) - School of Economic and Social Studies, King's College London, King’s College London - Department of Political Economy, Amsterdam Centre for European Studies and King's College London
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COVID-19, fiscal adjustment, conjoint experiment, polarization, policy preferences, partisanship

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Electoral Spillovers in an Intertwined World: Brexit Effects on the 2016 Spanish Vote

University of Cyprus Working Papers in Economics No. 03-2018
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 05 Mar 2018
Agelos Delis, Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
Aston University - Aston Business School, King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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Brexit, Spanish Elections, Electoral Spillovers, Natural Experiment, Uncertainty, Anti-Systemic Parties

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When Extremes Meet: Redistribution in a Multiparty Model with Differentiated Parties

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Aug 2015
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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redistributive politics, taxation, differentiated candidates, policy motives, social polarization, multi-party elections

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Strategic Electoral Rule Choice Under Uncertainty

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Dec 2014
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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electoral rules, disproportionality, seat premium, single-party government, uncertainty, strategic coordination

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Never Waste a 'Good' Crisis! Priming the Economic Aspect of Crises Fosters Social Capital Build-Up and Prosociality

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Jun 2021
Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap, Christel Koop, Konstantinos Matakos, Asli Unan and Nina Weber
University of East Anglia (UEA) - School of Economic and Social Studies, King's College London, King’s College London - Department of Political Economy, Amsterdam Centre for European Studies and King's College London
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crisis, information, altruism, trust, prosociality, social capital, economic vulnerability, risk preferences, patience, pandemic

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'Dragon Boating' Alone? Community Ties and Systemic Income Shocks

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Dec 2018
Konstantinos Matakos, Dimitrios Minos, Ari Perdana and Elizabeth Radin
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy, King's College London, DPE, Asian Development Bank and Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health
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Social Capital, Household Welfare, Economic Crisis, Participatory Development, Indonesia

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Exploiting the Bare Necessities: Unemployment, Redistribution and Party-System Fragmentation

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 08 Aug 2013
Konstantinos Matakos and Dimitrios Xefteris
King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and University of Cyprus
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electoral fragmentation, unemployment, redistributive politics, taxation, public spending, economic voting, instrumental variables, institutional constraints

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'Take Back Control?' The Effects of Supranational Integration on Party-System Polarization

Konstantinidis, Nikitas, Konstantinos Matakos, and Hande Mutlu-Eren. 'Take Back Control?' The Effects of Supranational Integration on Party-System Polarization. Review of International Organizations, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 30 Apr 2019
Nikitas Konstantinidis, Konstantinos Matakos and Hande Mutlu-Eren
IE University - School of Global & Public Affairs, King’s College London - Department of Political Economy and Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA)
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party-system polarization, extremism, output legitimacy, input legitimacy, European integration, economic globalization, supranational policy constraints, synthetic control method