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Coalition formation: the role of procedure and policy flexibility
Hendrix, Eligius; Ridder, Annelies De; Rusinowska, Agnieszka - HAL - 2013
A spatial model of coalition formation is used together with data from Dutch elections and theoretical instances to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647514
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Politics and the geographic allocation of public funds in a semi-democracy. The case of Ghana, 1996 - 2004
Andre, Pierre; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - HAL - 2010
The body of literature on purely democratic countries can sometimes fail to explain the behavior of government in semi-democratic African countries. Empirical and theoretical political economic papers find that public funds target ruling party supporters and swing districts. Our results,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010753932
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Breaking the wave of democracy: The effect of foreign aid on the incumbent's re-election probability
DODSON, Blanca MORENO; Rota-Graziosi, Grégoire; … - HAL - 2012
elections through the Tullock's approach based on the Contest Success Function. We obtain an ambiguous theoretical effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899658
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The Timing of Elections in Federations : A Disciplining Device against Soft Budget Constraints ?
Kaiser, Karolina; Taugourdeau, Emmanuelle - HAL - 2010
We introduce political economics into the soft budget constraint problem by asking if the timing of elections has the … worse - with synchronized elections, i.e. simultaneous central and regional office terms, or with staggered elections, i ….e. terms of office that do not coincide. We find that staggered elections clearly improve fiscal discipline at the local level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899972
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Compte-rendu de l'expérimentation des votes par approbation et par note lors des élections présidentielles françaises le 22 avril 2012 à Saint-­Etienne, Strasbourg et Louvigny...
Baujard, Antoinette; Gavrel, Frédéric; Igersheim, Herrade - HAL - 2012
A l'occasion du premier tour des élections présidentielles du 22 avril 2012, les électeurs de trois communes françaises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762486
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Coalition formation: the role of procedure and policy flexibility
Hendrix, Eligius; Ridder, Annelies De; Rusinowska, Agnieszka - HAL - 2013
A spatial model of coalition formation is used together with data from Dutch elections and theoretical instances to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011025572
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A "winner" under any voting rule ? An experiment on the single transferable vote
Farvaque, Etienne; Jayet, Hubert; Ragot, Lionel - HAL - 2009
In this paper, we expose the results of a voting experiment realised in 2007, during the French Presidential election. This experiment aimed at confronting the Single Transferable vote (SVT) procedure to two criteria : simplicity and the selection of a Condorcet-winner. Building on our electoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738664
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The Timing of Elections in Federations : A Disciplining Device against Soft Budget Constraints ?
Kaiser, Karolina; Taugourdeau, Emmanuelle - HAL - 2010
We introduce political economics into the soft budget constraint problem by asking if the timing of elections has the … worse - with synchronized elections, i.e. simultaneous central and regional office terms, or with staggered elections, i ….e. terms of office that do not coincide. We find that staggered elections clearly improve fiscal discipline at the local level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603662
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Coalition formation: the role of procedure and policy flexibility
Ridder, Annelies De; Rusinowska, Agnieszka; Saiz, Elena; … - HAL - 2008
In this paper, we analyze a spatial model of coalition formation with data from Dutch elections and with theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792750
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Strategic Approval Voting in a large electorate
Laslier, Jean-François - HAL - 2004
L'article est consacré au vote par assentiment pour une grande population de votants. On montre que, partant d'une information statistique sur les scores des candidats, les électeurs rationels votent sincèrement. On montre alors que, si un candidat est vainqueur de Condorcet, ce candidat est...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793673