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Guns, environment, and abortion : how single-minded voters shape politicians' decisions
Bouton, Laurent; Conconi, Paola; Pino, Francisco; … - 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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Reforming legislatures : is one house better than two?
Facchini, Giovanni; Testa, Cecilia - 2009
During the last decade unicameral proposals have been put forward in fourteen US states. In this paper we propose a theoretical framework casting some lights on the drawbacks of bicameral state legislatures and on the effects of the proposed constitutional reforms. In a setting where lawmakers...
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Political polarization and the electoral effects of media bias
Bernhardt, Dan (contributor); Krasa, Stefan (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377072
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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
uncertain prospects of re-election, find it optimal to follow relatively shortsighted fiscal policies, and that this lowers …
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It's the media, stupid : how media activity shapes public spending
Bruns, Christian; Himmler, Oliver - 2008
Politicians seeking reelection need voters to know what they have done for them. Thus, incentives may arise to spend more money where media coverage is higher. We present a simple model to explain the allocation of public spending across jurisdictions contingent on media activity. An incumbent...
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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
year of a gubernatorial election, the elasticity of investment to the eventual margin of victory is 0.027. Both the …
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Distributive politics and electoral incentives : evidence from seven US state legislatures
Aidt, Toke; Shvets, Julia - 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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Did COVID-19 cost Trump the election?
Lake, James; Nie, Jun - 2021
A common narrative is that COVID-19 cost Trump re-election. We do not find supporting evidence; if anything, the … effect, our estimates imply Trump would been on the precipice of re-election by winning Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, and only …
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Gender differences in political career progression : evidence from U.S. elections
Brown, Ryan; Mansour, Hani; O'Connell, Stephen D.; … - 2019
election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect …
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Politics in the Facebook era evidence from the 2016 US presidential elections
Liberini, Federica; Redoano, Michela; Russo, Antonio; … - 2020
Through social media, politicians can personalize their campaigns and target specific groups of voters with an unprecedented precision. We assess the effects of such political micro-targeting by exploiting daily advertising prices on Facebook during the 2016 US presidential campaign. We measure...
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