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Pay for politicians and candidate selection : an empirical analysis
Kotakorpi, Kaisa; Poutvaara, Panu - 2010
A growing theoretical literature on the effect of politicians' salaries on the average level of skills of political … candidates yields ambiguous predictions. In this paper, we estimate the effect of pay for politicians on the level of education … politicians ; candidate selection ; gender differences in politics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003986878
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Candidate quality
Poutvaara, Panu; Takalo, Tuomas - 2003
We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404313
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Does party competition affect political activism?
Hager, Anselm; Hermle, Johannes; Hensel, Lukas; Roth, … - 2020
Does party competition affect political activism? This paper studies the decision of party supporters to join political campaigns. We present a framework that incorporates supporters' instrumental and expressive motives and illustrates that party competition can either increase or decrease...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249149
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Vote buying in the US Congress
Matter, Ulrich; Roberti, Paolo; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2019
We assess the influence of moneyed interests on legislative decisions. Our theory predicts that the vote outcome distribution and donation flows in a legislature feature a discontinuity at the approval threshold of bills if special interest groups are involved in vote buying. Testing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103631
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Targeted campaign competition, loyal voters, and supermajorities
Boyer, Pierre C.; Konrad, Kai A.; Roberson, Brian - 2017
We consider campaign competition in which candidates compete for votes among a continuum of voters by engaging in persuasive efforts that are targetable. Each individual voter is persuaded by campaign effort and votes for the candidate who targets more persuasive effort to this voter. Each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011637583
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Politicians' payments in a proportional party system
Berg, Heléne - 2018
the long-run however, the effect is instead compositional in the sense that ex-politicians receive more pension income and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011922048
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Election systems, the "beauty premium" in politics, and the beauty of dissent
Potrafke, Niklas; Rösch, Marcus; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2020
We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates into electoral success? Second, do political parties strategically exploit the "beauty premium" when deciding on which candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219353
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Vetting for virtue : democracy’s challenge in excluding criminals from office
Arntzen, Sigurd S.; Fiva, Jon H.; Sørensen, Rune Jorgen - 2024
This paper assesses the effectiveness of democratic systems in preventing individuals with criminal backgrounds from holding political office. Unlike many countries, Norway has no legal restrictions against felons running for office. We analyze local election candidates from 2003 to 2019, paired...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015077847
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The value of the revolving door : political appointees and the stock market
Lüchinger, Simon; Moser, Christoph - 2012
We analyze stock market reactions to announcements of political appointments from the private sector and corporate appointments of former government officials. Using unique data on corporate affiliations and announcements of all Senate-confirmed U.S. Defense Department appointees of six...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621770
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The value of the revolving door : political appointees and the stock market ; conference paper
Lüchinger, Simon; Moser, Christoph - 2014
We analyze stock market reactions to announcements of political appointments from the private sector and corporate appointments of former government officials. Using unique data on corporate affiliations and announcements of all Senate-confirmed U.S. Defense Department appointees of six...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010490694