Similar Search Results

Minority groups and success in election primaries

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2018

In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in … woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral success, candidates who belong to two minority groups have an advantage … in the race. In some cases of candidates belonging to two minority groups, their chances of success are not only higher …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810012

What determines preferences for an electoral system? : evidence from a binding referendum

Riambau, Guillem; Stillman, Steven; Boe-Gibson, Geua - 2017

Much has been written about politicians' preferences for electoral systems, yet little is known about the preferences of voters. In 1993, New Zealand had a binding electoral referendum on the same day as the general election where voters chose between keeping a single plurality system (First...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731918

Candidate ballot information and election outcomes : the Czech case

Jurajda, Štěpán; Münich, Daniel - 2014

We measure the importance of candidate characteristics listed on ballots for a candidate's position on a slate, for preferential votes received by a candidate, and, ultimately, for getting elected. We focus on the effects of gender, various types of academic titles, and also several novel...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457402

Internal and external validity of experimental risk and time preferences

Belzil, Christian; Sidibé, Modibo - 2016

Using a unique field experiment from Canada, we estimate individual preference over risk and time and show considerable heterogeneity in both dimensions and relatively stable distributions across our various specifications, which include hyperbolic, quasi-hyperbolic discounting as well as...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580855

Unilingual versus bilingual education system : a political economy analysis

Ortega, Javier (contributor); … - 2004

implementation of the socially optimal education system, while the unilingual system is too often implemented under minority rule. In …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002529485

When is voting optimal?

Ben-Yashar, Ruth; Danziger, Leif - 2014

We consider a framework where the optimal decision rule determining the collective choice depends in a simple way on the decision makers' posterior probabilities of a particular state of nature. Nevertheless, voting is generally an inefficient way to make collective choices and this paper sheds...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457829

Electoral rules, political competition and fiscal expenditures : regression discontinuity evidence from Brazilian municipalities

Chamon, Marcos; Mello, Joao M. P. de; Firpo, Sergio - 2009

We exploit a discontinuity in Brazilian municipal election rules to investigate whether political competition has a causal impact on policy choices. In municipalities with less than 200,000 voters mayors are elected with a plurality of the vote. In municipalities with more than 200,000 voters a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931974

The relationship between federal budget amendments and local electoral power

Firpo, Sergio; Ponczek, Vladimir; Sanfelice, Viviane - 2014

The objectives of this paper are twofold. First, we investigate whether politicians use resources from the federal budget as a strategy to maintain and expand their political capital. Second, we examine whether such a strategy is rewarded by voters who elect politicians who assist their...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238205

A theory of political entrenchment

Saint-Paul, Gilles; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2012

We develop a theory of endogenous political entrenchment in a simple two-party dynamic model of income redistribution with probabilistic voting. A partially self-interested left-wing party may implement (entrenchment) policies reducing the income of its own constituency, the lower class, in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535765

Symmetric and asymmetric committees

Ben-Yashar, Ruth; Danziger, Leif - 2011

This paper studies the assignment of decision makers to two committees that make decisions by a simple majority rule. There is an even number of decision makers at each of various skill levels and each committee has an odd number of members. Surprisingly, even with the symmetric assumptions in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309640