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Overview

Niklas Potrafke is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance as well as Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Economics and Econometrics and Political Science and International Relations within these broader areas.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Fiscal Policies and Political Economy, Local Government Finance and Decentralization, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Social Policy and Reform Studies, and Media Influence and Politics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Niklas Potrafke include Klaus Gründler, Fabian Ruthardt, Timo Wochner, and Kaspar Wüthrich.

Publication venues where Niklas Potrafke has contributed extensively include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • European Journal of Political Economy
  • Public Choice
  • Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Niklas Potrafke are:

  • General or central government? Empirical evidence on political cycles in budget composition using new data for OECD countries, 2020, European Journal of Political Economy
  • Trade openness and income inequality: New empirical evidence, 2021, Economic Inquiry
  • How new airport infrastructure promotes tourism: evidence from a synthetic control approach in German regions, 2020, Regional Studies
  • International political alignment during the Trump presidency: voting at the UN general assembly, 2020, International Interactions
  • Trade Openness and Income Inequality: New Empirical Evidence, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • The KOF Globalisation Index – revisited

    Savina Gygli;Florian Haelg;Niklas Potrafke;Niklas Potrafke;Jan-Egbert Sturm

  • The Evidence on Globalisation

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Corruption and Economic Growth: New Empirical Evidence

    Klaus Gründler;Niklas Potrafke

  • Did globalization restrict partisan politics? An empirical evaluation of social expenditures in a panel of OECD countries

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Gender inequality in education: political institutions or culture and religion?

    Arusha Cooray;Arusha Cooray;Niklas Potrafke

  • Political cycles and economic performance in OECD countries: empirical evidence from 1951–2006

    Niklas Potrafke

  • The growth of public health expenditures in OECD countries: do government ideology and electoral motives matter?

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Partisan politics: The empirical evidence from OECD panel studies

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Globalization and gender equality in the course of development

    Niklas Potrafke;Niklas Potrafke;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Does government ideology influence deregulation of product markets? Empirical evidence from OECD countries

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Does government ideology influence budget composition? Empirical evidence from OECD countries

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Donor ideology and types of foreign aid

    Viktor Brech;Niklas Potrafke;Niklas Potrafke

  • Intelligence and corruption

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Government ideology and economic policy-making in the United States—a survey

    Niklas Potrafke;Niklas Potrafke

  • The Globalization–Welfare State Nexus Reconsidered

    Stephanie Meinhard;Niklas Potrafke

  • Globalization and labor market institutions: International empirical evidence

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Islam and democracy

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Does government ideology influence political alignment with the U.S.? An empirical analysis of voting in the UN General Assembly

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Public Expenditures on Education and Cultural Affairs in the West German States: Does Government Ideology Influence the Budget Composition?

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Identifying gazelles : expert panels vs. surveys as a means to identify firms with rapid growth potential

    Marcel Fafchamps;Christopher M. Woodruff

  • Does government ideology matter in monetary policy? A panel data analysis for OECD countries

    Ansgar Belke;Ansgar Belke;Niklas Potrafke

  • Politics and privatization in Central and Eastern Europe

    Christian Bjørnskov;Niklas Potrafke

  • Labor market deregulation and globalization: empirical evidence from OECD countries

    Niklas Potrafke

  • Political ideology and economic freedom across Canadian provinces

    Christian Bjørnskov;Niklas Potrafke

  • Globalization and Income Inequality Revisited

    Florian Dorn;Clemens Fuest;Niklas Potrafke

  • Trade openness and income inequality: New empirical evidence

    Florian Dorn;Florian Dorn;Clemens Fuest;Clemens Fuest;Niklas Potrafke;Niklas Potrafke

  • The size and scope of government in the US states:Does party ideology matter?

    Christian Bjørnskov;Niklas Potrafke

  • Support for free-market policies and reforms : Does the field of study influence students' political attitudes?

    Mira Fischer;Björn Kauder;Björn Kauder;Niklas Potrafke;Niklas Potrafke;Heinrich W. Ursprung

  • Political Ideology and Economic Freedom Across Canadian Provinces

    Niklas Potrafke;Christian Bjørnskov

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinrich W. Ursprung
Heinrich W. Ursprung University of Konstanz
Arye L. Hillman
Arye L. Hillman Bar-Ilan University
Clemens Fuest
Clemens Fuest Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christian Bjørnskov
Christian Bjørnskov Aarhus University
Ansgar Belke
Ansgar Belke University of Duisburg-Essen
James R. Hines
James R. Hines University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kai A. Konrad
Kai A. Konrad Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Marcel Fratzscher
Marcel Fratzscher German Institute for Economic Research
Gert G. Wagner
Gert G. Wagner German Institute for Economic Research

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