Research Webpage of Patricia Funk
Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and Ramon y Cajal Research Fellow
PUBLICATIONS
1. How do Electoral Systems Affect Fiscal Policy? Evidence from Cantonal Parliaments, 1890-2000 (with Christina Gathmann).
Forthcoming: Journal of the European Economic Association
2. Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Does Gender Matter? (with Renee Adams, UQ Business School). Forthcoming: Management Science
Press: Handelsblatt
3. Does Direct Democracy Reduce the Size of Government? New Evidence from Historical Data, 1890-2000 (with Christina Gathmann). Economic Journal, 2011, 121(557): 1252-1280.
Press: Handelsblatt
4. Social Incentives and Voter Turnout: Evidence from the Swiss Mail Ballot System. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8(5): 1077-1103.
Previous Titles: Theory and Evidence on the Role of Social Norms in Voting; Modern Voting Tools, Social Incentives and Voter Turnout: Theory and Evidence
Press: New York Times, November 2005 (Why Vote?). Nada es Gratis, January 2011 (¿Por qué votamos?). See also: Freakonomics.
5. Is there an Expressive Function of Law? An Empirical Analysis of Voting Laws with Symbolic Fines. American Law and Economics Review, 2007, 9: 135-159.
6. Governmental Action, Social Norms and Criminal Behavior. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2006, 161(3): 522-535.
7. On the Effective Use of Stigma as a Crime-Deterrent. European Economic Review, 2004, 48(4): 715-725.
8. Dynamic Interactions between Crimes (with Peter Kugler, University of Basel). Economics Letters, 2003, 79: 291-298.
9. Identifying Efficient Crime Combating Policies by VAR-Models: The Example of Switzerland (with Peter Kugler, University of Basel). Contemporary Economic Policy, 2003, 21: 525-538.
WORKING PAPERS
1. Citizen Preferences in Private and Public: Evidence from a Large Number of Votes
2. Promoting Rule Compliance in Daily Life: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in the Public Libraries of Barcelona (with Jose Apesteguia and Nagore Iriberri, UPF)
Press: Le Monde, Il Sole - 24 Ore
4. Preferences Matter! Voter Preferences, Direct Democracy and Government Spending (with Christina Gathmann, University of Heidelberg).