Search Results - subject:"Proportional Representation"

Victims of Electoral Violence and their Children Experience Irreversible Stunting : The Long-Term Welfare Effects of Electoral Violence

Gutierrez-Romero, Roxana - 2022

Despite the extensive literature on armed conflict, little is known about the medium- and long-term effects of electoral violence on children’s health. This paper shows that electoral violence of low scale yet recursive nature has a detrimental impact on the height of children and adolescents...

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Experimentally Testing Quadratic Voting and Plurality Voting in a Setting with Multiple Alternatives

Xiang, Hongrui - 2022

We evaluate the relative strength and weakness of two distinct voting mechanisms: plurality voting and quadratic voting by evaluating the role of homogeneity, considering subjects’ behavior under small sample sizes, and examining the presence of altruism under both mechanisms. Through our...

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Party formation and coalitional bargaining in a model of proportional representation

Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha; Oak, Mandar - In: Games 13 (2022) 4, pp. 1-17

We study a game theoretic model of a parliamentary democracy under proportional representation where ideologically … dropout can be higher under proportional representation than plurality voting, contrary to Duverger's law. Our model explains … the diverse electoral outcomes seen under proportional representation and integrates models of political entry with models …

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Three sins: the disconnect between de jure Institutions and de facto power in Afghanistan

Callen, Michael; Kabuli, Shahim - In: LSE public policy review 2 (2022) 3, pp. 1-9

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Comparative politics with intraparty candidate selection

Crutzen, Benoît; Sahuguet, Nicolas - 2022 - Latest version: March 2022

under first past the post (FPTP) or closed list proportional representation (PR). Selection is competitive or non …

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The impact of using proportional representation system on the fragmentation of the party system in Algeria : applied to the elections of the National People's Assembly : 1997-2017

Mahgoub, Ali Mahmoud - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 7 (2022) 4, pp. 317-333

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of using proportional representation system on the … proportional representation electoral system - beside other factors - had clear impacts on the fragmentation of the Algerian party … experienced five legislative elections regularly every five years by testing a hypothesis about adopting the proportional …

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When Do Politicians Appeal Broadly? The Economic Consequences of Electoral Rules in Brazil

Chin, Moya - 2022

Electoral rules determine how voters' preferences are aggregated and translated into political representation, and their design can lead to the election of representatives who represent broader or narrower constituencies. Relying on a regression discontinuity design, I contrast single- and...

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US 2020 Elections : Russia and the Electoral College

Osei Sarpong, Rex - 2022

This work examines issues surrounding the upcoming US elections. Issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, vote-in-mail, election interference and racial tensions. This article argues that most elections are fraught with threats and challenges. Thus, in this period of uncertainty with COVID-19,...

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Outcome of fptp in diversified society : evidence on disproportionality from loksabha constituencies

Jadhav, Vivek - 2022

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Bloc Voting for Electoral Accountability

Cooperman, Alicia - 2022

How do citizens hold local politicians accountable? I argue that citizens, especially through neighborhood associations, can use bloc voting as a grassroots strategy to pressure local politicians to provide public services. Politicians monitor precinct-level voting, and communities switch their...

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