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Divided Government Versus Incumbency Externality Effect - Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Multiple Voting Decisions

Ade, Florian - 2012

interested in: Does the partisan identity of the mayor influence the voter's decision in the subsequent town council election … the mayor on the result of the last council election? We rely on a regression discontinuity design focusing on close … election outcomes based on municipal level data for Germany. We find that the party of the mayor can receive a bonus of 4 …

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Electoral Externalities in Federations - Evidence from German Opinion Polls

Frei, Xenia - 2017

the endogenous variables; the federal election trend is treated as predetermined. Our results suggest that shocks in …

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Guns, Environment, and Abortion : How Single-Minded Voters Shape Politicians' Decisions

Bouton, Laurent - 2018

beginning of their terms, but in line with the preferences of single-issue minorities as they approach re-election. To assess …'s predictions, election proximity has a pro-gun effect on Democratic senators and a pro-environment effect on Republican senators … size. Also in line with our theory, election proximity has no impact on senators' decisions on reproductive rights, because …

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Electoral Cycles in MPs' Salaries : Evidence from the German States

Kauder, Bjoern; Krause, Manuela; Potrafke, Niklas - 2021

Members of parliament (MPs) often decide on their own salaries. Voters dislike self-serving politicians, and politicians are keen to gratify their voters. In line with the political business cycle theories, politicians thus may well delay deciding on increases in salaries until after elections....

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Returns to Office in National and Local Politics

Kotakorpi, Kaisa; Poutvaara, Panu; Terviö, Marko - 2021

We study the returns to political office using data from Finnish parliamentary elections in 1970-2007 and municipal elections in 1996-2008. The discontinuity of electoral outcomes in individual candidate votes allows us to estimate the causal effect of being elected on subsequent income. Getting...

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Do direct elections matter? : quasi-experimental evidence from Germany

Gäbler, Stefanie; Rösel, Felix - In: International tax and public finance 26 (2019) 6, pp. 1416-1445

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Voters prefer more qualified mayors, but does it matter for public finances? : evidence for Germany

Freier, Ronny; Thomasius, Sebastian - In: International tax and public finance 23 (2016) 5, pp. 875-910

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Electoral cycles in MPs' salaries : evidence from the German states

Kauder, Björn; Krause, Manuela; Potrafke, Niklas - In: International tax and public finance 25 (2018) 4, pp. 981-1000

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Distributive Politics and Electoral Incentives : Evidence from Seven US State Legislatures

Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard - 2011

they cannot run for re-election. Consistent with the Law of 1/N, this tendency is less pronounced in states with many …

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Expert Politicians, Electoral Control, and Fiscal Restraints

Dulleck, Uwe - 2012

Fiscal restraints have been argued to force today's governments to internalize the externalities that result from extensive borrowing on future electorates and governments as well as on other countries by causing fiscal instability. In this article we provide an alternative argument for fiscal...

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