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Women's Representation and Public Spending
Svaleryd, Helena - 2007
This paper studies whether the degree of women's representation in Swedish local councils affects local public expenditure patterns. Theoretically, the individual preferences of elected representatives may have an impact on public expenditure if full policy commitment is not feasible. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320133
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Local Competitiveness Fostered through Local Institutions for Entrepreneurship
Andersson, Martin; Henrekson, Magnus - 2014
We review and assess the role local institutional framework conditions play in fostering local entrepreneurship. The basic premise is that entrepreneurship is a central driver of economic renewal and change, and that institutions affect both the supply and direction of entrepreneurship. While...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010504516
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Local Competitiveness Fostered Through Local Institutions for Entrepreneurship
Andersson, Martin - 2015
We review and assess the role local institutional framework conditions play in fostering local entrepreneurship. The basic premise is that entrepreneurship is a central driver of economic renewal and change, and that institutions affect both the supply and direction of entrepreneurship. While...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033688
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Wind power approval, decentralization, and NIMBYism: Evidence from the Swedish Greens
Lundin, Erik - 2023
Green parties are commonly seen as strong proponents of wind power. This paper presents an alternative view, examining data from the highly decentralized institutional setup in Sweden where approval of wind power applications is delegated to local governments. I demonstrate that the approval...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014542130
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The Looks of a Winner: Beauty, Gender and Electoral Success
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2006
female and male candidates and how different candidate traits relate to success in real and hypothetical elections. We have … success in real elections better than evaluations of competence, intelligence, likability, or trustworthiness. The beauty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320093
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Selfish and Prospective: Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting
Elinder, Mikael; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2008
We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. The Social Democrats proposed budget cuts affecting parents with young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320210
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The Right Look: Conservative Politicians Look Better and Voters Reward It
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2010
Australia, Finland, France, and the United States. This appearance gap gives candidates on the right an advantage in elections … 6% in the 2000-2006 U.S. Senate elections because they fielded candidates who looked more competent. These shifts are … Republicans also won nine of the 15 gubernatorial elections where looks were decisive. Using Finnish data, we also show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320237
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Faces of Politicians: Babyfacedness Predicts Inferred Competence but Not Electoral Success
Poutvaara, Panu; Jordahl, Henrik; Berggren, Niclas - 2009
Recent research has documented that competent-looking political candidates do better in U.S. elections and that … that babyfaced political candidates are perceived as less competent and therefore fare worse in elections. We test this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320336
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Correcting Mistakes: Cognitive Dissonance and Political Attitudes in Sweden and the United States
Elinder, Mikael - 2009
just before elections, when they are highly predictive of voting. In contrast to earlier studies I find no effect of voting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320412
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And yet it grows: Crisis, ideology, and interventionist policy ratchets
Bjørnskov, Christian; Rode, Martin - 2016
Previous studies of policy responses to economic crises argue that crises may lead to more interventionist policy but also cause deregulation. The empirical evidence in previous studies is equally mixed. The present paper argues that whether or not governments implement more or less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917011