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Knowledge is power : a theory of information, income, and welfare spending

Lind, Jo Thori; Rohner, Dominic - 2011

. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters … strong correlation between income and political information, Congress representatives vote more conservatively, which is also … in line with our theory. -- redistribution ; welfare spending ; information ; income ; voting ; political economics …

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Political polarization and the electoral effects of media bias

Bernhardt, Dan (contributor); Krasa, Stefan (contributor); … - 2006

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Go divisive or not? : how political campaigns affect turnout

Gennaioli, Caterina - 2010

This paper studies how political competition can lead candidates to strategically increase the salience of specific issues, in order to influence voting decisions of marginal groups, with non trivial consequences for turnout rates. In my setup issues differ in their divisiveness, to be defined...

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American idol : should it be a singing contest or a popularity contest?

Amegashie, J. Atsu (contributor) - 2007

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Elites or masses? : a structural model of policy divergence, voter sorting and apparent polarization in US presidential elections, 1972 - 2008

Krasa, Stefan; Polborn, Mattias - 2012

One of the most widely discussed phenomena in American politics today is the perceived increasing partisan divide that splits the U.S. electorate. A central contested question is whether this diagnosis is actually true, and if so, what is the underlying cause. We develop a model that relates the...

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Lame ducks and divided government : how voters control the unaccountable

Schelker, Mark - 2011

The ability of voters to use the available electoral instruments is crucial for the functioning of democracies. The paper shows that voters consider the institutional environment when making electoral decisions. Voters recognize that executives who face binding term limits (i.e., "lame ducks")...

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Electoral incentives and firm behavior : evidence from U.S. power plant pollution abatement

Doyle, Matthew; Di Maria, Corrado; Lange, Ian; … - 2016

Researchers have utilized the fact that many states have term limits (as opposed to being eligible for re-election) for governors to determine how changes in electoral incentives alter state regulatory agency behavior. This paper asks whether these impacts spill over into private sector...

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Tainted money? : contribution limits and the effectiveness of campaign spending

Stratmann, Thomas - 2003

Campaign expenditures are not effective in increasing candidates vote shares if voters do not respond to the advertisement when they believe that campaign expenditures are financed with tainted money. In this situation, limiting contributions may reduce the number of policy favors that...

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Electoral uncertainty, fiscal policies & growth : theory and evidence from Germany, the UK and the US

Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Malley, James R.; … - 2003

In this paper we study the link between elections, fiscal policy and economic growth/fluctuations. The set-up is a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model of growth and endogenously chosen fiscal policy, in which two political parties can alternate in power. The party in office chooses...

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Policy uncertainty and manufacturing investment : evidence from U.S. State elections

Shelton, Cameron A.; Falk, Nathan - 2016 - This draft: March 2016

We estimate the effect of electorally induced policy uncertainty on investment in the manufacturing sector. Because state governors exercise considerable influence over legislation and considerable discretion over regulation and permitting, and because the policies relevant to business...

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