EcoAustria Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

Block vote, open-list proportional representation, and women’s electoral outcomes. Evidence from a quasi-experiment in Polish local elections

Although pioneering research suggested that proportional elections are better for women’s outcomes than plurality rules, research scholarship is accumulating growing evidence that this relationship depends on specific rules. We look at the impact of electoral rules on female part...

Economic impacts of subsea cable deployment

This paper provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of the economic impact of submarine cable (SMC) infrastructure, which is critical for global digital connectivity and carries almost all intercontinental data traffic. Despite their fundamental role in the digital economy, ro...