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therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … find no effects on incumbent parties. In addition, our results show increased voting for parties with pro …-wing parties. The results have important policy implications for voting regulations. …
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This paper analyses political forces that cause an initial expansion of public spending on higher education and an ensuing decline in subsidies. Growing public expenditures increase the future size of the higher income class and thus boost future demand for education. This demand shift implies...
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informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of …. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters …
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redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … the empirical debate on the validity of the median-voter approach for explaining the relation between income inequality … and redistribution levels. …
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During the past two centuries, western nations have successively extended the voting franchise to citizens of lower …
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During recent waves of immigration, support for nationalist parties has increased in many countries, but the political backlash against immigration differs strongly across regions. We identify an underlying cause for these differences by studying how local experience with immigration shapes...
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How do political preferences and voting behaviors respond to information coming from abroad? Focusing on the … origins decrease opposition to non-Europeans and far-right voting abroad. Transitory refugee flows through the origins send …
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therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … find no effects on incumbent parties. In addition, our results show increased voting for parties with pro …-wing parties. The results have important policy implications for voting regulations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315300
-market-shock structures of production. Tracking voting outcomes at the district level in Russia's presidential elections, we document …
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Differences between the voting behavior of men and women have become one of the most significant issues in social … science research in recent years. In this study, we examine whether there is gender gap in voting behavior in Turkey. Using … European Social Survey data, we find that education level and religiosity are the main determinants of voting behavior of both …
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