主教对政治重要吗？意大利的证据

IF 4.8 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105177

Gianandrea Lanzara , Sara Lazzaroni , Paolo Masella , Mara P. Squicciarini

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摘要

本文研究宗教领袖是否以及如何影响政治。我们以 1948 年至 1992 年期间的意大利教区为研究对象，发现在任主教的身份在很大程度上解释了基督教民主党（DC）得票率的变化。这一结果在使用不同样本和时间窗口的多次演算中都是稳健的。深入研究这一机制，我们发现主教的两个特征非常重要：(i) 他的政治文化，(ii) 他与民众的互动--后者通过文本分析技术来衡量。

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Do bishops matter for politics? Evidence From Italy

This paper studies whether and how religious leaders affect politics. Focusing on Italian dioceses in the period from 1948 to 1992, we find that the identity of the bishop in office explains a significant amount of the variation in the vote share for the Christian Democracy party (DC). This result is robust to several exercises that use different samples and time windows. Zooming into the mechanism, we find that two characteristics of bishops matter: (i) his political culture, and (ii) his interaction with the population—the latter being measured using text-analysis techniques.

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Journal of Public Economics ECONOMICS-

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14.10

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2.00%

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139

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70 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Public Economics aims to promote original scientific research in the field of public economics, focusing on the utilization of contemporary economic theory and quantitative analysis methodologies. It serves as a platform for the international scholarly community to engage in discussions on public policy matters.