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Moderating Political Extremism : Single Round vs Runoff Elections Under Plurality Rule

Bordignon, Massimo - 2013

We compare single round vs runoff elections under plurality rule, allowing for partly endogenous party formation. Under runoff elections, the number of political candidates is larger, but the influence of extremist voters on equilibrium policy and hence policy volatility are smaller, because the...

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Intergenerational Correlations of Extreme Right-Wing Party Preferences and Attitudes Toward Immigration

Avdeenko, Alexandra - 2015

This study analyzes the importance of parental socialization on the development of children's far right-wing preferences and attitudes towards immigration. Using longitudinal data from Germany, our intergenerational estimates suggest that the strongest and most important predictor for young...

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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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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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Electoral Accountability and Corruption in Local Governments : Evidence from Audit Reports

Ferraz, Claudio - 2007

reports of an anti-corruption program in Brazil, to test whether the possibility of re-election affects the level of rents …

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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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Hurricanes, Climate Change Policies and Electoral Accountability

Gagliarducci, Stefano - 2019

This paper studies how politicians and voters respond to new information on the threats of climate change. Using data on the universe of federal disaster declarations between 1989 and 2014, we document that congress members from districts hit by a hurricane are more likely to support bills...

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