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Science under Threat? A Natural Experiment in Economics
Dominic Rohner, Oliver Vanden Eynde, Philine Widmer
Academic freedom has come under growing strain worldwide. To study whether and how academics respond to political pressure, we exploit a natural experiment: the publication in earl…
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Who Owns the Online Media?
Ulrich Matter, Philine Widmer
Ownership matters for the media's watchdog role. We map the ownership networks behind thousands of online news outlets in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The networks reveal who is u…