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Personality traits and cognitive ability in political selection
Jokela, Markus; Meriläinen, Jaakko; Tukiainen, Janne; … - 2023 - February 2023 (first version July 2022, second version August 2022)
electoral candidates and election of politicians. Using unique data that combine population registers and election statistics … dimensions of non-cognitive ability. Second, elected politicians possess more desirable traits than nonelected candidates. Our …
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Transparency and policy competition : experimental evidence from German citizens and politicians
Blesse, Sebastian; Lergetporer, Philipp; Nover, Justus; … - 2023
educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014232734
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Transparency and policy competition : experimental evidence from german citizens and politicians
Blesse, Sebastian; Lergetporer, Philipp; Nover, Justus; … - 2023
educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014478411
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Do party positions affect the public's policy preferences?
Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina - 2019
The standard assumption of exogenous policy preferences implies that parties set their positions according to their voters' preferences. We investigate the reverse effect: Are the electorates' policy preferences responsive to party positions? In a representative German survey, we inform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012033537
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Term limits and electoral accountability
Smart, Michael (contributor); Sturm, Daniel (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003403175
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Election cycles in European public procurement
Havlik, Annika; Heinemann, Friedrich; Nover, Justus - 2021
This paper studies the existence of election cycles in public procurement in the European Union for the national level … specific types of voters. We argue that the award provides politicians with a particularly appealing opportunity. It allows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012649806
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Political consequences of consumer debt relief
Aidt, Toke; Asatryan, Zareh; Badalyan, Lusine - 2022
foundation win the 2018 Presidential election, and that its effects persisted into the next election. We show how economic power …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013411311
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Political consequences of (consumer) debt relief
Aidt, Toke; Asatryan, Zareh; Badalyan, Lusine - 2024 - This version: March 6, 2024
Many governments operate consumer debt relief programs, often timed to match the election cycle, but their political … that the program helped the incumbent candidate win that election, and that its effects persisted. Overall, we show how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014566268
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Guns, environment and abortion : how single-minded voters shape politicians decisions
Bouton, Laurent; Conconi, Paola; Pino, Francisco; … - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011882010
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The political economy of higher education finance : how information and design affect public preferences for tuition
Lergetporer, Philipp; Woessmann, Ludger - 2019
Public preferences for charging tuition are important for determining higher education finance. To test whether public support for tuition depends on information and design, we devise several survey experiments in representative samples of the German electorate (N19,500). The electorate is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012033428