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This paper explores the interdependency of political institutions from the voter's perspective. Specifically, we are interested in: Does the partisan identity of the mayor influence the voter's decision in the subsequent town council election?; Does this partisan identity influence the vote in...
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dynamics and vice versa (electoral externalities). We quantify the extent of simultaneous electoral externalities between two … vice versa. Externalities account for around 10% to 30% of variation at the other level of government. The effects differ … across parties. Electoral externalities are less pronounced for the conservative party, but increase in times of government …
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It is argued that the concept of well–being inequality cannot be properly defined without taking the referencing process into account. The reference effect depends on how frequently individuals compare with others and on the degree of social transparency in society. In this paper we employ the...
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data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of … fixed effects account for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity, education – but not income or urbanization – is …
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