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Politicians' Payments in a Proportional Party System

Berg, Heléne - 2019

the long-run however, the effect is instead compositional in the sense that ex-politicians receive more pension income and …

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Vote Buying in the US Congress

Matter, Ulrich - 2019

We assess the influence of moneyed interests on legislative decisions. Our theory predicts that the vote outcome distribution and donation flows in a legislature feature a discontinuity at the approval threshold of bills if special interest groups are involved in vote buying. Testing the...

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Polarization in Parliamentary Speach

Fiva, Jon H.; Nedregård, Oda; Øien, Henning - 2021

bloc. Are politicians’ background characteristics unimportant when parties have powerful tools to discipline their rank …

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Political Competition with Endogenous Party Formation and Citizen Activists

Hansen, Emanuel - 2021

This paper studies the effects of endogenous party formation on political platforms. It develops a model in which parties allow like-minded citizens to, first, share the cost of running in a public election and, second, coordinate on a policy platform. The paper characterizes the set of...

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A Dynamic Model of Political Party Equilibrium : The Evolution of ENP in Canada, 1870-2015

Ferris, J. Stephen - 2020

The effective number of political parties (ENP) in a single member plurality rule electoral system is analyzed as a dynamic process whereby the tournament nature of the election contest induces excessive entry and sunk entry costs promote persistence even as Duverger-Demsetz type political...

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The right look: Conservative politicians look better than their voters reward it

Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2010

appearance of 1,357 Finnish political candidates. We find that political candidates on the right are better looking in both …

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Taxes and Turnout : When the Decisive Voter Stays at Home

Bierbrauer, Felix; Tsyvinski, Aleh; Werquin, Nicolas - 2021

We develop a model of political competition with endogenous turnout and endogenous platforms. Parties trade off incentivizing their supporters to vote and discouraging the supporters of the competing party from voting. We show that the latter objective is particularly pronounced for a party with...

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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...

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Gender Gaps in Political Careers : Evidence from Competitive Elections

Cipullo, Davide - 2021

This paper investigates the impact of voter support on the representation of women in the political profession. The empirical analysis exploits two-stage elections in the United States and Italy to hold the selection of candidates constant. In two-stage elections, candidates are admitted to the...

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Fact-Checking Politicians

Mattozzi, Andrea; Nocito, Samuel; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2022

-checking company. Our results show that politicians are responsive to negative fact-checking. Specifically, we observe a significative … reduction in the number of incorrect statements made by politicians after being treated. This effect persists for at least two … months. We also observe a reduction in the probability of politicians making verifiable statements, suggesting that fact …

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