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Party governance and the selection of parliamentarians
Beniers, Klaas J. - 2005
This paper examines the incentives for a party leader in office and for a parties' rank-and-file to replace a sitting member of parliament. As to the leader's decision, we show that the leader prefers to replace a critical member of parliament who votes against the leader's policy. A competent...
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The beauty premium of politicians in office
Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; Wochner, Timo - 2023
The beauty premium in politics shows that attractive politicians are more likely to get elected to office than less … attractive politicians, but little is known about whether beauty also shapes the behavior of members of parliament (MPs) once in …
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Women in European politics - time for action
2009 - Ms. compl. in January 2009
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Federico Pinedo : accionar y enseñanzas
Pablo, Juan Carlos de - 2021
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A Graphical Lasso Approach to Estimating Network Connections : The Case of U.S. Lawmakers
Battaglini, Marco; Crawford, Forrest; Patacchini, Eleonora - 2022
In this paper, we propose a new approach to the estimation of social networks and we apply it to the estimation of productivity spillovers in the U.S. Congress. Social networks such as the social connections among lawmakers are not generally directly observed, they can be recovered only using...
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Who Becomes a Member of Congress? Evidence From De-Anonymized Census Data
Thompson, Daniel M. - 2019
economically unrepresentative American politicians were in the 20th century, and why. Future members under the age of 18 in 1940 … politicians, future members of Congress between the ages of 18 and 40 in 1940 were higher-earners and more educated, indicating … that socioeconomic background alone does not explain the differences between politicians and non-politicians. Examining a …
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An Experiment in Candidate Selection
Casey, Katherine - 2019
Are ordinary citizens or political party leaders better positioned to select candidates? While the American primary system lets citizens choose, most democracies rely instead on party officials to appoint or nominate candidates. The consequences of these distinct design choices are unclear:...
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Abstentions and Social Networks in Congress
Battaglini, Marco - 2020
We study the extent to which personal connections among legislators influence abstentions in the U.S. Congress. Our analysis is conducted by observing representatives' abstention for the universe of roll call votes held on bills in the 109th-113th Congresses. Our results show that a legislator's...
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A Graphical Lasso Approach to Estimating Network Connections : The Case of U.S. Lawmakers
Battaglini, Marco - 2020
In this paper, we propose a new approach to the estimation of social networks and we apply it to the estimation of productivity spillovers in the U.S. Congress. Social networks such as the social connections among lawmakers are not generally directly observed, they can be recovered only using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481412
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A graphical lasso approach to estimating network connections : the case of U.S. lawmakers
Battaglini, Marco; Crawford, Forrest W.; Patacchini, … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012264475