Political Economy

Bio

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, where I study how rapid demographic changes generate significant political and economic consequences in industrialized democracies. My research investigates the effects of large-scale immigration on fiscal outcomes, voting behavior, and the provision of public health services. In addition, I examine the increasing use of artificial intelligence algorithms in decision-making contexts with far-reaching implications for economic opportunity, focusing on the robustness of these systems and their relevance for public policy. My work has been published in leading political science journals such as the Journal of European Public Policy and the British Journal of Political Science, as well as in interdisciplinary outlets including Global Environmental Change and Nature Sustainability.

​Find my CV here.

Working Papers

Kolcava, Dennis. 'Political Budgeteering in Response to an Immigration Shock: The Partisan Politics of Local Fiscal Policies in Sweden after 2015.'

Kolcava, Dennis, and Thomas Plümper. 'Structural Gaps and Rising Demand: The Uneven Impact of Migration on Healthcare Waiting Times in Sweden.'*

Plümper, Thomas, and Dennis Kolcava. 'The Rise of Anti-Immigration Parties: Migration, Crime, and the Electoral Success of the Sweden Democrats.'*

Plümper, Thomas, Susanne Warning, and Dennis Kolcava. 'Candidate and Student Selection with AI: How Robust Are Decisions?'

E. Keith Smith, and Dennis Kolcava. 'Rethinking Response Methods in Conjoint-Experimental Designs.'*

Kolcava, Dennis, Robert Huber, and Thomas Bernauer. 'Does Self-Selection into Information Treatments Affect Inferences about Globalization Backlash?'*

Kolcava, Dennis, Robert Huber, and Thomas Bernauer. 'International Trade Agreements with Environmental Provisions Attract More Public Support Both in Higher and Lower-Income Countries.'*

* = under review, for published work, access my Google Scholar profile here.

Teaching Portfolio

I teach courses that engage with the following topics:
- Political Economy
- Economic Globalization and Trade Politics
- Quantitative Empirical Social Research Methodology
- Experiments in the Social Sciences
- Comparative Politics
- Environmental Politics
- Philosophy of Science

Contact

Dr. Dennis Kolcava
Institute for Political Economy of Public Policy
Welthandelsplatz 1, D4 3.026

1020 Vienna, Austria
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