We use a change in the voting procedures of one of the two chambers of the Swiss parliament to explore how transparency … affects the voting behavior of its members. Until 2013, the Council of States (Ständerat) had voted by a show of hands. While …-consuming screening of online videos. In 2014, halfway through the legislative period, the chamber switched to electronic voting. Since …

characteristics to others. The model is one of rational voting and generates the following predictions: (i) The paradox of not voting … does not arise, because the benefit of voting does not vanish with population size. (ii) Turnout in elections is positively … related to the size of the local community and the importance of social interactions. (iii) Voting may exhibit bandwagon …

than grants allocated to local governments controlled by opposition parties. We use a rich Spanish database containing … (Regional and Upper-local), as well as data of municipal voting behaviour at three electoral contests held at the different … effects of grants given to aligned and unaligned municipalities on the vote share of the incumbent party/parties at the …

research by examining differences between parties on the left and on the right of the political spectrum. Our study combines …

, in standard spatial voting models, changes in the political preference distribution are irrelevant as long as the …

effect of being elected on subsequent income. Getting elected to parliament increases annual earnings initially by about €20 …

positions. The dataset includes the voting behavior of 257 MPs in 218 roll-call votes. Our results do not show that parties … account for the voting behavior by punishing politicians who have voted against the party line. Political parties may attract …We examine whether parties punish politicians who vote against the party line in roll-call votes. Using data of German …