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International migration of couples
Junge, Marin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015
We develop a theoretical model regarding the migration of dual-earner couples and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases with the income of the primary earner, whereas the income of the secondary earner may...
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The right look : conservative politicians look better and voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015
Since good-looking politicians win more votes, a beauty advantage for politicians on the left or on the right is bound … to have political consequences. We show that politicians on the right look more beautiful in Europe, the United States … candidates and that politicians on the right benefit more from beauty in low-information elections. Evidence from real and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289386
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346481
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Party cues in elections under multilevel governance : theory and evidence from US states
Geys, Benny; Vermeir, Jan - 2012
performance of their leaders. In this article, we analyse how party cues (i.e., politicians' party membership acting as a cue … towards their characteristics) affect voters' incomplete information about politicians in a federal setting. We first of all … show that party cues allow indirect inference regarding politicians using observed policy outcomes, alleviating the …
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Why do electors support corrupt politicians?
Ionescu, Luminiţa - In: Economics, management and financial markets 10 (2015) 4, pp. 61-68
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Smooth Politicians and Paternalistic Voters : A Theory of Large Elections
Faravelli, Marco - 2011
We propose a new game theoretic approach to modeling large elections that overcomes the "paradox of voting" in a costly voting framework, without reliance on the assumption of ad hoc preferences for voting. The key innovation that we propose is the adoption of a "smooth" policy rule under which...
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The Party's Primary Preferences : Race, Gender, and Party Support of Congressional Primary Candidates
Hassell, Hans J.G. - 2019
Party support has a strong influence on candidate success in the primary. What remains unexplored is whether party actions during the primary are biased along racial and gender lines. Using candidate demographic data at the congressional level and measures of party support for primary...
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Abandon Ship? Party Brands and Politicians’ Responses to a Political Scandal
Daniele, Gianmarco - 2018
How do politicians react to a political earthquake? In this article, we study politicians' – rather than voters … the local implications of this national corruption scandal. We find that local politicians withdraw support for incumbents … in parties hit by Tangentopoli – inducing early government terminations in such municipalities. Moreover, politicians in …
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Presidential candidate selection and factionalism in five dominant parties in Sub-Saharan Africa
Tsubura, Machiko - 2019
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