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Returns to Office in National and Local Politics
Kotakorpi, Kaisa - 2016
system. We apply the method to the Finnish proportional open list system. Being elected to parliament increases annual …
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Modelling the Dynamic Effects of Elective Hospital Admissions on Emergency Levels in England
Jimenez-Martin, Sergi - 2019
In England as elsewhere, policy makers are trying to reduce the pressure on costs due to rising hospital admissions by encouraging GPs to refer fewer patients to hospital specialists. This could have an impact on elective treatment levels, particularly procedures for conditions which are not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870141
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Gender Differences in Cooperative Environments? Evidence from the U.S. Congress
Gagliarducci, Stefano - 2016
This paper uses data on bill sponsorship and cosponsorship in the U.S. House of Representatives to estimate gender differences in cooperative behavior. We employ a number of econometric methodologies to address the potential selection of female representatives into electoral districts with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984869
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Is Leisure a Normal Good? Evidence from the European Parliament
Mocan, Naci H. - 2011
Prior to July 2009, salaries of the members of the European Parliament were paid by their home country and there were … each member of the Parliament is pegged to 38.5% of a European Court judge's salary, paid by the EU. This created an … are independent of attendance to the Parliament. Using detailed information on each parliamentarian of the European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120815
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"Good Politicians" : Experimental Evidence on Motivations for Political Candidacy and Government Performance
Gulzar, Saad; Khan, Muhammed - 2023
How can we motivate good politicians those that will carry out policy that is responsive to citizens' preferences to enter politics? In a field experiment in Pakistan, we vary how political office is portrayed to ordinary citizens. We find that emphasizing prosocial motives for holding political...
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Gender Differences in Political Career Progression : Evidence from U.S. Elections
Brown, Ryan - 2019
election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863788
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838460
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925499
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Turnout in the Municipal Elections of March 2020 and Excess Mortality During the Covid-19 Epidemic in France
Bertoli, Simone - 2020
We analyze the consequences of the decision of French government to maintain the first round of the municipal elections on March 15, 2020 on local excess mortality in the following weeks. We exploit heterogeneity across municipalities in voter turnout, which we instrument using a measure of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831244
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911202