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The Impact of Incumbency on Turnout : Evidence from Italian Municipalities

De Benedetto, Marco Alberto - 2013

We analyze how having an incumbent among candidates affects electoral turnout. We use a rich data set providing information on the electoral results of Italian municipal elections over the period 1993-2011. Endogeneity issues are handled through an instrumental variable approach using the mayor...

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Competing on Good Politicians

Galasso, Vincenzo - 2009

Is electoral competition good for political selection? To address this issue, we introduce a theoretical model in which ideological parties select candidates between party loyalists and experts, and allocate them into the electoral districts. Non-ideological voters, who care about national and...

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Terrorism, Political Opinions, and Election Outcomes : Evidence from Europe

Peri, Giovanni - 2020

comprehensive, multi-country examination of the effects of terror attacks on political opinions and election outcomes. The results …

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Run for Your Life? The Effect of Close Elections on the Life Expectancy of Politicians

Borgschulte, Mark - 2017

We use a regression discontinuity design to estimate the causal effect of election to political office on natural … election appear in the mid-1800s, and grow notably larger when we restrict the sample to later years. We also analyze …

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Term Limit Extension and Electoral Participation : Evidence from a Diff-in-Discontinuities Design at the Local Level in Italy

De Benedetto, Marco Alberto - 2018

improve the quality of politicians running for election …

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Backlash in Attitudes after the Election of Extreme Political Parties

Carlsson, Magnus - 2018

from the right and one from the left, using panel data from 290 municipal election districts. To identify causal effects … incumbency advantage in the next election. Exploring possible mechanisms, we find evidence that when the anti-immigrant party … wins a marginal seat, they experience higher levels of politician turnover before the next election and receive negative …

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Politics Before Pupils? Electoral Cycles and School Resources in India

Fagernäs, Sonja - 2014

inspections. We also show that around election years, teachers spend more time on "non-teaching" activities. The political cycles …

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Candidates' Quality and Electoral Participation : Evidence from Italian Municipal Elections

De Benedetto, Marco Alberto - 2014

We analyze the impact of the quality of candidates running for a mayor position on turnout using a large data set on Italian municipal elections held from 1993 to 2011. We firstly estimate a municipal fixed effects model and show that an increase in the average quality of candidates competing at...

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Is Partisan Alignment Electorally Rewarding? Evidence from Village Council Elections in India

Dey, Subhasish - 2016

Do ruling parties positively discriminate in favour of their own constituencies in allocating public resources? If they do, do they gain electorally in engaging in such a practice? This paper tests whether partisan alignment exists in the allocation of funds for India's largest social protection...

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Minority Groups and Success in Election Primaries

Epstein, Gil S. - 2018

In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in primary elections. Using a unique dataset of candidates in Israeli primaries, we find that while being a new immigrant, a woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral...

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