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weak. In the post-1960 period the Times displays a more symmetric type of watchdog behaviour, just because during …
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This paper develops an infinite-horizon, political agency model with a continuum of political districts, in which incumbent politicians can improve their re-election probability by attracting swing voters in key states through strategic trade protection. A unique equilibrium is shown to exist...
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information acquisition and turnout that combines the Riker-Ordeshook (1968) approach to voting behaviour with the Becker (1965 … candidates attach little value to information because they perceive that voting itself will have little value. Voters that are ex … impact of increased political knowledge on turnout is asymmetric: New information increase the probability of voting of …
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This paper studies the impact of the competition between lobbies and voters on policy outcomes under alternative legislative procedures. Lobbies and citizens have opposing interests in a public policy and offer money and votes, respectively, to legislators to obtain their preferred policy....
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the probabilistic voting model in political economy. Effects persist after the cash transfer program ends. We estimate …
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political knowledge has a sizeable influence on the probability of voting and that mass media play an important role in …
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In a symmetric information voting model, an individual (information controller) can influence voters’ choices by …-unanimous voting rule, she exploits voters’ heterogeneity by designing a signal with realizations targeting di↵erent winning …-coalitions. Consequently, under simple-majority voting rule, a majority of voters might be strictly worse o↵ due to the controller’s influence …
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's decision. I find that in such a case, group members are induced to comply with preexisting biases. For example, if the voting … conservatism of the voting rule. When the decision making process becomes transparent and individual votes are observed, this … effect disappears and such committees are then more likely to accept reforms. I also find that coupled with the right voting …
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We study the relationship between participation in free trade agreements (FTAs) and the sustainability of democracy. Our model shows that FTAs can critically reduce the incentive of authoritarian groups to seek power by destroying protectionist rents, thus making democracies last longer. This...
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We suppose that players in a cooperative game are located within a graph structure, such as a social network or supply route, that limits coalition formation to coalitions along connected paths within the graph. This leads to a generalisation of the Shapley value that is studied here from an...
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