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Corporate investment decisions under political uncertainty

Riem, Marina - 2016

when state elections occurred relative to the average investment ratio in years with no state election. Firms however seem …

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Does political uncertainty influence firm owners' business perceptions?

Riem, Marina - 2016

firm owners are optimistic regarding their expected business development before state elections. After state elections … optimistic prior to state elections because politicians promised individual policies to gratify the firms' needs during election … times. Firms might be disappointed after elections as the promises made during election campaigns by politicians turn out to …

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A banana republic? : the effects of inconsistencies in the counting of votes on voting behavior

Potrafke, Niklas; Rösel, Felix - 2018

We examine whether local inconsistencies in the counting of votes influence voting behavior. We exploit the case of the second ballot of the 2016 presidential election in Austria. The ballot needed to be repeated because postal votes were counted carelessly in individual electoral districts...

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Electoral cycles in perceived corruption : international empirical evidence

Potrafke, Niklas - 2018

than in other years, indicating that perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is … especially pronounced before early elections (1.0 points) compared to regular elections (0.4 points). Future research needs to … investigate why perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. …

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Local high school closures and voter turnout : evidence from East German municipalities

Foertsch, Mona - 2024

is not mirrored in national elections, indicating that voters do not extend their frustration to a higher level. The … decline in voter turnout in state elections is rather short-living. This suggests that while voters may initially react to …

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Topic salience and political polarization : evidence from the German "PISA shock"

Sancassani, Pietro - 2023

Does the salience of a topic affect polarization in related parliamentary debates? When discussing a salient topic, politicians might adopt more extreme stances to gain electoral consensus. Alternatively, they could converge towards more moderate positions to find a compromise. Using...

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The beauty premium of politicians in office

Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; Wochner, Timo - 2023

The beauty premium in politics shows that attractive politicians are more likely to get elected to office than less attractive politicians, but little is known about whether beauty also shapes the behavior of members of parliament (MPs) once in office. We use newly collected data on the...

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Was bringt uns die große Koalition? : Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik

Kauder, Björn; Larin, Benjamin; Potrafke, Niklas - 2014

Deutschland wurde bereits zweimal, 1966-1969 und 2005-2009, von einer großen Koalition regiert. Deskriptive Zeitreihenanalysen wirtschaftspolitischer Kennzahlen zeigen nicht auf, dass es unter diesen großen Koalitionen signifikante Kurswechsel in der Wirtschaftspolitik gab. Qualitative...

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Government ideology, globalization, and top income shares in OECD countries

Schinke, Christoph - 2014

I investigate how government ideology and globalization are associated with top income shares in 16 OECD countries over the period 1970 to 2010. I use the new World Top Incomes Database. Globalization is measured by the KOF index of globalization. The results show that the top 1% income share...

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Evidence on the political principal-agent problem from voting on public finance for concert halls

Potrafke, Niklas - 2013

Principal-agent problems can arise when preferences of voters are not aligned with preferences of political representatives. Often the consequence of the political principalagent problem is political catering to special interests. In this paper I provide examples of principal-agent problems...

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