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Politicians' outside earnings and political competition
Becker, Johannes; Peichl, Andreas; Rincke, Johannes - 2008
This paper deals with the impact of electoral competition on politicians' outside earnings. In our framework …, politicians face a tradeoff between allocating their time to political effort or to an alternative use generating outside earnings … that politicians facing low competition have substantially higher outside earnings. …
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The right look: Conservative politicians look better and their voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2011
Previous research has established that good-looking political candidates win more votes. We extend this line of research by examining differences between parties on the left and on the right of the political spectrum. Our study combines data on personal votes in real elections with a web survey...
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Outside income and moral hazard: the elusive quest for good politicians
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Nannicini, Tommaso; Naticchioni, … - 2008
empirical evidence shows that bad but dedicated politicians come along with good but not fully committed politicians. There is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268534
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Electoral rules and politicians' behavior: a micro test
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Nannicini, Tommaso; Naticchioni, … - 2008
politicians' rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House …
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Electoral goals and center-state transfers: a theoretical model and empirical evidence from India
Arulampalam, Wiji; Dasgupta, Sugato; Dhillon, Amrita; … - 2008
We construct a model of redistributive politics where the central government is opportunistic and uses its discretion to make transfers to state governments on the basis of political considerations. These considerations are the alignment between the incumbent parties at the central and state...
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How partisan is the press? Multiple measures of media slant
Gans, Joshua S.; Leigh, Andrew - 2011
We employ several different approaches to estimate the political position of Australian media outlets, relative to federal parliamentarians. First, we use parliamentary mentions to code over 100 public intellectuals on a left-right scale. We then estimate slant by using the number of mentions...
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Entry Through the Narrow Door: The Costs of Just Failing High Stakes Exams
Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer - 2018
In many countries, important thresholds in examinations act as a gateway to higher levels of education and/or good employment prospects. This paper examines the consequences of just failing a key high stakes national examination in English taken at the end of compulsory schooling in England. It...
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Five open questions about prediction markets
Wolfers, Justin; Zitzewitz, Eric - 2006
Interest in prediction markets has increased in the last decade, driven in part by the hope that these markets will prove to be valuable tools in forecasting, decision-making and risk management - in both the public and private sectors. This paper outlines five open questions in the literature,...
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Identification and Inference in Regression Discontinuity Designs with a Manipulated Running Variable
Gerard, Francois; Rokkanen, Miikka; Rothe, Christoph - 2015
unemployment insurance on unemployment duration in Brazil, where we find strong evidence of manipulation at eligibility cutoffs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428837
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Do Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament
Diegmann, André; Pohlan, Laura; Weber, Andrea - 2024
measure connections between politicians and the universe of firms. To identify the causal effect of access to political power …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014567480