Can the EU Buy Public Support?

Schuessler, Julian

doi:10.31235/osf.io/ut8r9

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“…Within 11–49, the colour differences are more similar than opposite. When DE is 100 and above, the difference is exactly the opposite (Schuessler, 2019).…”

Section: Colour Difference Valuesmentioning

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Role of chelating compounds towards thermal resistance property of industrial grade goethite

Sinhababu¹,

Kumar

Dutta

et al. 2020

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Purpose The iron oxide-based goethite (FeOOH) is proven to be an alternative replacement for carcinogenic chrome-based pigments. Because of its low heat stability, it tends to lose water of hydration and turns red as temperature ascends beyond 240ºC. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to increase the heat stability temperature of industrial grade (IG) goethite pigment. For this, the IG goethite pigment was surface treated with sequestrant. The properties of untreated and treated IG goethite were compared. Design/methodology/approach Three different compounds (sodium hexametaphosphate, calcium disodium ethylene diamine tetra-acetate salt, sodium gluconate) were used into the IG goethite at different concentration level. The experiments were conducted by varying the temperature and exposure time of treated and untreated samples. The total colour difference value (DE) was compared for the treated and untreated samples. Findings The surface treatment of IG goethite showed significant enhancement in heat stability property. From X-ray diffraction results it was confirmed that with surface treatment, there was no phase change of IG goethite even at 300ºC. Fourier transform infrared analysis states that with surface treatment when there is gradual increase in temperature from 260ºC the % transmittance of the OH (hydroxyl) deformation region band is delayed due to sequestering effect. Also, based on the total colour DE, the colour tone of surface treated IG goethite was not perceptible by human eyes even at 280ºC. Research limitations/implications By increasing the heat stability of IG goethite, it will have increased spectrum of end usage in the high temperature coating segment. Coil coating is one of the biggest potential markets for this pigment. The increased heat stability will provide manufacturers with the option of an economical and non-toxic pigment in coil coatings and also in other sectors such as plastics, powder coatings and high temperature coatings. Practical implications The outcome of this study has been commercially implemented to produce heat stable goethite pigments in an industrial plant. The surface treated IG goethite pigments can be used in high-performance coil, powder and high temperature coatings. Originality/value The method for enhanced heat stability property of IG goethite by surface treatment with sequestrants is novel and could find numerous applications in high-performance coatings.

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“…Within 11–49, the colour differences are more similar than opposite. When DE is 100 and above, the difference is exactly the opposite (Schuessler, 2019).…”

Section: Colour Difference Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Role of chelating compounds towards thermal resistance property of industrial grade goethite

Sinhababu¹,

Kumar

Dutta

et al. 2020

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“…Borin, Macchi and Mancini (2020) estimate that increasing the per capita European transfers by e 100 over the 2000-2014 period reduces the propensity to choose parties with a more negative stance towards European integration by around 12 percentage points. Schuessler (2019) studies the period between 1989 and 2013 and finds estimates for the effect of European funding on public opinion to be relatively small and statistically insignificant. Another recent study estimates the effect of European Union funding on voting behavior using a spatial regression discontinuity design comparing East Wales and West Wales and shows that European Union money does not influence popular support for the European Union (Crescenzi, Cataldo and Giua, 2019).…”

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“…Generally speaking, it is expected that citizens living in areas that benefit from funding will be more positive toward European integration. Several studies test the assumed relationship between European funding and citizen attitudes and behavior (Hooghe and Marks, 2005;Chalmers and Dellmuth, 2015;Schraff, 2019;Dellmuth and Chalmers, 2018;Schuessler, 2019;Borin, Macchi and Mancini, 2020). What is noticeable about much of this research is that it relies on highly aggregated data sources at the national and regional levels which makes it difficult to examine the effects of placebased policies.…”

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Does European Union Funding Reduce Eurosceptic Voting?

Senninger¹

2021

Preprint

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Governments redistribute ever larger shares of their budgets to enhance the economic performance of specific areas within their jurisdiction. However, there is little evidence about one of the most fundamental questions arising from such place-based policies: Do citizens reward politicians for funding that benefits their local environment? To answer this question, I turn to the European Union and leverage quasi-experimental data from an initiative that distributed vouchers to European municipalities to establish free and high-quality WiFI connectivity before the European Parliament election in 2019. Moreover, I analyze geolocated data about beneficiaries of two major European Union funds, European Parliament election results along with register data from polling stations, and a city-wide survey experiment in Denmark. The results show that European place-based policy has little to no impact on turnout and Eurosceptic voting in European Parliament elections. The findings are discussed in the light of the recently introduced European Union recovery fund to combat economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tabloid Media Campaigns and Public Opinion: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Euroscepticism in England

Foos

Bischof

2021

Am Polit Sci Rev

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Whether powerful media outlets have effects on public opinion has been at the heart of theoretical and empirical discussions about the media’s role in political life. Yet, the effects of media campaigns are difficult to study because citizens self-select into media consumption. Using a quasi-experiment—the 30-year boycott of the most important Eurosceptic tabloid newspaper, The Sun, in Merseyside caused by the Hillsborough soccer disaster—we identify the effects of The Sun boycott on attitudes toward leaving the EU. Difference-in-differences designs using public opinion data spanning three decades, supplemented by referendum results, show that the boycott caused EU attitudes to become more positive in treated areas. This effect is driven by cohorts socialized under the boycott and by working-class voters who stopped reading The Sun. Our findings have implications for our understanding of public opinion, media influence, and ways to counter such influence in contemporary democracies.

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Can the EU Buy Public Support?

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

Role of chelating compounds towards thermal resistance property of industrial grade goethite

Role of chelating compounds towards thermal resistance property of industrial grade goethite

Does European Union Funding Reduce Eurosceptic Voting?

Tabloid Media Campaigns and Public Opinion: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Euroscepticism in England

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