✨ MaxCPE is back tomorrow✨ Don’t miss our webinar on 27th May at 3pm CEST. Amy Verdun (@amyverdun.bsky.social) and Lucia Quaglia will present their paper, followed by a discussion by Luuk Schmitz (@luukschmitz.bsky.social). ✉️ Drop an email to maxcpe@mpifg.de to sign up

✨ MaxCPE is back! ✨ Don’t miss this week's webinar on Wednesday, 17th Dec, at 1pm CEST. Alexandre Afonso (@alexandreafonso.bsky.social) will present his co-authored paper on public opinion towards immigrants & Martin Ruhs will join us to discuss. ✉️ Drop an email to maxcpe@mpifg.de to sign up

Immigration can help ageing countries reduce public debt by easing fiscal pressure. Yet this narrative is rarely heard in media or political discourse. 🔍 How does the public react when the fiscal benefits of immigration are made visible? Check out our latest publication 👇🏽 @mdigiuseppe.bsky.social

The mass politics of public debt, immigration, and austerity

Several European governments are confronting both high public debt and ageing populations. Policymakers will confront the unpopular choices of austerity, increasing immigration, or continuing to le...

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Next week, on the 15th of May, Alessia Aspide @aspidea.bsky.social will defend her thesis 'Fiscal Preferences in Context: Fiscal rules, political agendas, and the mass politics of public debt'. Read about her key findings here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Understanding Public Support for Budget Cuts and Tax Increases

In her dissertation, political scientist Alessia Aspide explores how public attitudes toward fiscal policy are formed. Her key finding: fiscal preferences are not shaped in a vacuum, but are deeply em...

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The attack on immigrants — which I don't think Trump can moderate — will make America poorer as well as uglier paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-deport...

The Deportation Nightmare Begins

Whatever Trump intends, this will spiral out of control

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Special Call: The MPIfG is offering a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in economic sociology or political economy, intended for researchers (f/m/d) from Palestine and Lebanon career.mpifg.de/jobposting/e...

Public finance issues in Europe often bring Greece or Italy to mind. But France? This insightful piece unpacks the turmoil surrounding France's budget deficit and explains how it has largely avoided scrutiny—until now. A must-read! 👇

Camilla Locatelli@cami34.bsky.social · 2y ago

In case you are also following the French situation minute by minute, here is my take on its implications for EU fiscal governance for the @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

"Austerity remains a looming spectre on the political horizon of Europe. International obligations can raise public support for costly domestic policies, but can European fiscal rules influence public opinion and boost support for austerity?" Check the results of my survey experiment!

ECPR Standing Group on the European Union 🇪🇺@ecprsgeu.bsky.social · 2y ago

📘 European Union Politics, 25(4) ❓Can European fiscal pledges foster public support for austerity? PhD researcher Alessia Aspide uses a survey experiment in Italy to examine if the source of fiscal rules affects public support for austerity measures. 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #OA 📖