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Electoral Cycles in Perceived Corruption : International Empirical Evidence
Potrafke, Niklas - 2019
I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public … sector is measured by the reversed Transparency International’s Perception of Corruption Index (CPI). The dataset includes … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections …
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Pay for politicians and candidate selection: An empirical analysis
Kotakorpi, Kaisa Ilona; Poutvaara, Panu - 2010
A growing theoretical literature on the effect of politicians' salaries on the average level of skills of political candidates yields ambiguous predictions. In this paper, we estimate the effect of pay for politicians on the level of education of parliamentary candidates. We take advantage of an...
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Corruption and Economic Growth : New Empirical Evidence
Gründler, Klaus - 2019
The nexus between corruption and economic growth has been examined for a long time. Many empirical studies measured … corruption by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of Corruption Index (CPI) and ignored that the CPI was not … 2012-2018 and re-examine the nexus between corruption and economic growth. The cumulative long-run effect of corruption on …
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Can Moral Reminders Curb Corruption? Evidence from an Online Classroom Experiment
Claus, Corinna; Koehler, Ekkehard A.; Krieger, Tim - 2022
deontological moral reminder (“corruption is immoral”) leads to a significant reduction in accepting bribes. A consequentialist …
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Does terrorism reduce life satisfaction?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - In: Applied economics letters 24 (2017) 13/15, pp. 893-896
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The looks of a winner: beauty, gender, and electoral success
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2007
We study the role of beauty in politics using candidate photos that figured prominently in electoral campaigns. Our investigation is based on visual assessments of 1,929 Finnish political candidates from 10,011 respondents (of which 3,708 were Finnish). An increase in beauty by one standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264132
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The right look: Conservative politicians look better than their voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2010
Previous research has established that good-looking political candidates win more votes. We extend this line of research by examining differences between parties on the left and on the right of the political spectrum. Our study combines data on personal votes in real elections with a web survey...
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Election Systems, the "Beauty Premium" in Politics, and the Beauty of Dissent
Potrafke, Niklas; Rösch, Marcus; Ursprung, Heinrich - 2020
We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates into electoral success? Second, do political parties strategically exploit the “beauty premium” when deciding on which candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227636
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Election Systems, the "Beauty Premium" in Politics, and the Beauty of Dissent
Potrafke, Niklas - 2020
We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates into electoral success? Second, do political parties strategically exploit the "beauty premium" when deciding on which candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833726
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The Looks of a Winner : Beauty, Gender, and Electoral Success
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2007
We study the role of beauty in politics using candidate photos that figured prominently in electoral campaigns. Our investigation is based on visual assessments of 1,929 Finnish political candidates from 10,011 respondents (of which 3,708 were Finnish). An increase in beauty by one standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049900