Alexander Slaski
Biographic Data
| ID | 4377755 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Slaski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Slaski |
| SIGNATURE | SLASKI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9335-055X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Jobs first, environment second
The growing literature on public opinion toward foreign direct investment (FDI) focuses primarily on the FDI-related job prospects of individuals. However, different types of FDI have varying economic and environmental impacts; we argue that individuals consider the trade-offs between these effects when forming attitudes about FDI. Utilizing a province-level dataset of recent FDI projects (categorized by their level of pollution and job creation)…
Age and support for public debt reduction
Many scholars and policymakers see rising debt burdens in the industrialised world as the product of ageing populations. Prominent theoretical models of government debt accumulation – used to justify fiscal rules and austerity measures – explicitly assume that support for debt reduction decreases with age. While such models have been influential, the fundamental relationship between age and preferences for debt has not been tested empirically. We…
Culture & European attitudes on public debt
Popular media and politicians have often blamed the high public debt of some EU countries on cultural differences. These claims are most apparent in the discourse contrasting ostensibly prudent Northern Europeans with spendthrift Southern Europeans. Despite the prominence of these and similar narratives and evidence that culture plays a nontrivial role in other economic outcomes, there is no systematic evidence that culture influences attitudes t…
Explaining deference
Why do governments compete for investment through tax incentives when there is strong evidence that such packages are inconsequential to the locational decisions of foreign firms? Previous scholarship has attributed pro-business policies such as investment incentives to factors including the structural power of business in an era of international capital mobility, fiscal competition generated through political decentralization or electoral pander…
Policy Signaling and Foreign Electoral Uncertainty
This paper examines the effects of foreign electoral shocks on currency markets. I develop a theory of signaling and uncertainty to explain why elections in countries with close economic ties should affect exchange rates. Methodologically, this paper focuses on several case studies, with the 2016 US election as a central case. I utilize an event analysis framework to measure the impact of the election on the Mexican peso by exploiting the plausib…
To Promote Adoption of Household Health Technologies, Think Beyond Health
Health risks from poor malaria control, unsafe water, and indoor air pollution are responsible for an important share of the global disease burden—and they can be addressed by efficacious household health technologies that have existed for decades. However, coverage rates of these products among populations at risk remain disappointingly low. We conducted a review of the medical and public health literatures and found that health considerations a…
Age and support for public debt reduction
Many scholars and policymakers see rising debt burdens in the industrialised world as the product of ageing populations. Prominent theoretical models of government debt accumulation – used to justify fiscal rules and austerity measures – explicitly assume that support for debt reduction decreases with age. While such models have been influential, the fundamental relationship between age and preferences for debt has not been tested empirically. We…
Explaining deference
Why do governments compete for investment through tax incentives when there is strong evidence that such packages are inconsequential to the locational decisions of foreign firms? Previous scholarship has attributed pro-business policies such as investment incentives to factors including the structural power of business in an era of international capital mobility, fiscal competition generated through political decentralization or electoral pander…
Policy Signaling and Foreign Electoral Uncertainty
This paper examines the effects of foreign electoral shocks on currency markets. I develop a theory of signaling and uncertainty to explain why elections in countries with close economic ties should affect exchange rates. Methodologically, this paper focuses on several case studies, with the 2016 US election as a central case. I utilize an event analysis framework to measure the impact of the election on the Mexican peso by exploiting the plausib…
To Promote Adoption of Household Health Technologies, Think Beyond Health
Health risks from poor malaria control, unsafe water, and indoor air pollution are responsible for an important share of the global disease burden—and they can be addressed by efficacious household health technologies that have existed for decades. However, coverage rates of these products among populations at risk remain disappointingly low. We conducted a review of the medical and public health literatures and found that health considerations a…
Explaining deference
Why do governments compete for investment through tax incentives when there is strong evidence that such packages are inconsequential to the locational decisions of foreign firms? Previous scholarship has attributed pro-business policies such as investment incentives to factors including the structural power of business in an era of international capital mobility, fiscal competition generated through political decentralization or electoral pander…
Policy Signaling and Foreign Electoral Uncertainty
This paper examines the effects of foreign electoral shocks on currency markets. I develop a theory of signaling and uncertainty to explain why elections in countries with close economic ties should affect exchange rates. Methodologically, this paper focuses on several case studies, with the 2016 US election as a central case. I utilize an event analysis framework to measure the impact of the election on the Mexican peso by exploiting the plausib…
Culture & European attitudes on public debt
Popular media and politicians have often blamed the high public debt of some EU countries on cultural differences. These claims are most apparent in the discourse contrasting ostensibly prudent Northern Europeans with spendthrift Southern Europeans. Despite the prominence of these and similar narratives and evidence that culture plays a nontrivial role in other economic outcomes, there is no systematic evidence that culture influences attitudes t…
Age and support for public debt reduction
Many scholars and policymakers see rising debt burdens in the industrialised world as the product of ageing populations. Prominent theoretical models of government debt accumulation – used to justify fiscal rules and austerity measures – explicitly assume that support for debt reduction decreases with age. While such models have been influential, the fundamental relationship between age and preferences for debt has not been tested empirically. We…
Jobs first, environment second
The growing literature on public opinion toward foreign direct investment (FDI) focuses primarily on the FDI-related job prospects of individuals. However, different types of FDI have varying economic and environmental impacts; we argue that individuals consider the trade-offs between these effects when forming attitudes about FDI. Utilizing a province-level dataset of recent FDI projects (categorized by their level of pollution and job creation)…
Economics (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Macroeconomics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Debt (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (2 works) · Foreign direct investment (2 works) · Investment (military (2 works) · Monetary economics (2 works)