Separatism in the Eastern Provinces of the German Reich at the End of the First World War

Schattkowsky, Ralph

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“…In fact, the Weimar constitution included a provision for the possible secession of individual provinces through plebiscite. As far as we can tell, this instrument was used only once, in Upper Silesia, where over 90% voted to remain part of Prussia in 1922(Hertz-Eichenrode 1969Schattkowsky 1994). Another attempt to schedule a plebiscite in Hanover in 1924 failed because there was not enough interest among voters (Funk 2010;Heimann 2011).…”

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Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

Homola¹,

Pereira²,

Tavits³

2020

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A growing literature examines how historical institutions influence contemporary political attitudes and behavior. Recent work has argued that these studies need to properly account for spatial heterogeneity by incorporating regional fixed effects. Here, we discuss the theoretical and empirical obstacles that have to be addressed to properly incorporate fixed effects in legacy studies. We illustrate our arguments using Pepinsky et al.'s (2020) reassessment of a recent study on the long-term effects of concentration camps in Germany (Homola et al. 2020). We show that Pepinsky et al. incorporate fixed effects incorrectly and, as a result, their analysis suffers from post-treatment bias. We further demonstrate that results from the original article remain substantively the same when we incorporate regional fixed effects correctly. Finally, simulations reveal that camp proximity consistently outperforms spatially correlated noise in this specific study.

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Section: Si6: Prussian Provinces: Discussion and Additional Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

Homola¹,

Pereira²,

Tavits³

2020

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Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

Homola¹,

Pereira²,

Tavits³

2023

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Pepinsky, Goodman, and Ziller (PGZ; 2023) reassess a recent study on the long-term consequences of concentration camps in Germany (Homola, Pereira, and Tavits 2020a). The authors conclude that accounting for contemporary state heterogeneity in the models provides unbiased estimates of the effects of camps on current-day outgroup intolerance. In this note we show that PGZ's empirical strategy rests on (a) a mischaracterization of what regional fixed effects capture and (b) two unrealistic assumptions that can be avoided with pre-treatment state fixed effects. We further demonstrate that results from the original article remain substantively the same when we incorporate regional fixed effects correctly. Finally, simulations reveal that camp proximity consistently outperforms spatially correlated noise in this specific study. The note contributes to the growing literature on legacy studies by advancing the discussion about the correct modeling choices in this challenging field.

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The Consequences of Transport by Steam: Dutch Nationalism and Frisian Regionalism in the Nineteenth Century

Jensma¹

2012

Region and State in Nineteenth-Century Europe

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Separatism in the Eastern Provinces of the German Reich at the End of the First World War

Cited by 5 publications

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Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

The Consequences of Transport by Steam: Dutch Nationalism and Frisian Regionalism in the Nineteenth Century

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