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The trade-off between deepening and broadening of democracy: Lessons from youth enfranchisement

Koukal, Anna Maria; Schafer, Patricia; Eichenberger, Reiner - 2020

Broadening democracy by lowering the voting age is on the political agenda in many democratic societies. Previous suffrage extensions suggest that there are systematic differences between what parliaments decide and what voters want with respect to enfranchisement of new groups. This paper...

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Enfranchising Foreigners: What Drives Natives' Willingness to Share Power?

Koukal, Anna Maria; Eichenberger, Reiner; Schafera, Patricia - 2019

Universal suffrage is a core element for the functioning of democracy. However, with growing international mobility, an increasing share of the resident population has no suffrage. This paper analyzes the conditions under which domestic citizens are willing to extend suffrage to foreign...

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What Shapes Young Elite Athletes' Perception of Chances in an Environment of Great Uncertainty?

Jung, Verena; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Torgler, Benno - 2012

Unrealistic optimism is a commonly observed bias in the perception of chances. In this paper, we examine whether the bias is also present among young elite soccer players (10 to 23 years old) who receive regular objective feedback through external assessments. Utilising a large unique data set...

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Antecedents of Attitudes Towards Risky Career Choices

Jung, Verena; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Torgler, Benno - 2012

a low-risk alternative career. Initial success in the selection processes is a key trigger for the tendency to choose a …

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Endogenous selection into single and coauthorships by surname initials in economics and management

Ong, David; Chan, Ho Fai; Torgler, Benno; Yang, Yu (Alan) - 2015

Many prior studies suggest that alphabetic ordering confers professional advantages on authors with earlier surname initials. However, these studies assume that authors select into coauthorships without regard to the incentives identified. We consider the alternative and develop a model of...

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Confidence is good; too much, not so much: Exploring the effects on reward-based crowdfunding success

Moy, Naomi; Chan, Ho Fai; Mathmann, Frank; Schaffner, Markus - 2021

Self-confidence has long been regarded as one of the key qualities in determining entrepreneurial success. In markets … confidence and examine their relation to entrepreneurial success in reward-based crowdfunding. Derived from ex-ante information … (i.e., before realization of success), our measurements for confidence allow us to draw causal inferences, allowing for …

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Electoral turnout during states of emergency and effects on incumbent vote share

Frank, Marco; Stadelmann, David; Torgler, Benno - 2020

In March 2020, the second ballot of local elections in the German state of Bavaria was held under an official state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Bavarian mayors are elected by majority rule in two-round (runoff) elections. Between the first and second ballot of the election, the...

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Political competition and legislative shirking in roll-call votes: Evidence from Germany for 1953-2017

Frank, Marco; Stadelmann, David - 2020

We analyze the impact of elected competitors from the same constituency on legislative shirking in the German Bundestag from 1953 to 2017. The German electoral system ensures that there is always at least one federal legislator per constituency with a varying number of elected competitors from...

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To swing or not to swing: An assessment of age and political cynicism of swing voting

Proulx, Damon; Savage, David; Stadelmann, David; … - 2021

The empirical question of voting preferences and how these may change (swing) is yet to be answered, as there is little first-hand microeconomic evidence on swing voting. We focus on the interactions between voters' age and political cynicism. Towards this end, we apply a stated and revealed...

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Direct Democracy: Designing a Living Constitution

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2003

A crucial aspect of constitutional design is the provision of rules on how a constitution is to be amended. If procedures for constitutional amendment are very restrictive, changes will take place outside the constitution. These changes are likely to be against the citizens' interests and their...

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