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Voting in general elections on single day and in single phase
Varma, Vijaya Krushna Varma - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This expanded banking system will help the Election Commission conduct voting in General elections on single day and in … single phase. All elections from panchayats to Parliament can be conducted with the help of expanded banking system with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108008
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It's the Media, Stupid - How Media Activity Shapes Public Spending
Bruns, Christian; Himmler, Oliver - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Politicians seeking reelection need voters to know what they have done for them. Thus, incentives may arise to spend more money where media coverage is higher. We present a simple model to explain the allocation of public spending across jurisdictions contingent on media activity. An incumbent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836898
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Micro evidence on inter-party vote movements in turkey: Who voted for AKP in 2002?
Baslevent, Cem; Akarca, Ali T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Using data drawn from a survey conducted shortly after the 2002 elections, we investigate the Justice and Development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837024
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The Allocation of Public Goods and National Elections in Ghana
André, Pierre; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The body of literature on purely democratic countries can sometimes fail to explain the behavior of government in semi-democratic African countries. Empirical and theoretical political economic papers find that public funds target ruling party supporters and swing districts. Our results,...
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Civic norms, social sanctions and voting turnout
Knack, Stephen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992
This study views voter participation as a collective action problem overcome chiefly by means of "solidary" and "purposive" selective incentives. It is argued that these incentives are primarily in the form of civic or societal norms, rather than special interest norms associated with partisan...
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On the Extent of Strategic Voting
Spenkuch, Jörg - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
-world elections. The evidence indicates that approximately 35% of voters abandon their most preferred candidate if she is not in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109723
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Electoral and political reforms
Varma, Vijaya Krushna Varma - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Varma proposes new political and electoral reforms for better, healthy and improved democracy to remove inequalities, corruption, unemployment and mis-governance. This new political and electoral reforms are aimed at empowering under privileged, working class, rural and urban areas.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110363
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It's the Media, Stupid - How Media Activity Shapes Public Spending
Bruns, Christian; Himmler, Oliver - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Politicians seeking reelection need voters to know what they have done for them. Thus, incentives may arise to spend more money where media coverage is higher. We present a simple model to explain the allocation of public spending across jurisdictions contingent on media activity. An incumbent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114299
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Russian Election Reform and the Effect of Social Conformity on Voting and the Party System: 2007 and 2008
Coleman, Stephen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
conformity exerted a strong, persistent, and predictable influence on voting in national elections from 1991 to 2003. This … analysis examines how the effect of social conformity on Russian voters might have changed from earlier elections as a result … aligns with the interests of voters, and whether this type of analysis can speak to fairness of the elections. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787119
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Economic Philosophy of Al-Mawardi : Economic Behavior in Adab Al-Dunya Wa-Al-Din and Al-Ahkam Al-Sulthaniyah
Jaelani, Aan - 2016
Economic behavior in the study of Islamic economics is the basis for the government to portray political ethics and ethical economic functions of individuals in functioning as a member of society. Secular ethics and religious ethics, according to al-Mawardi, as the code of conduct in conducting...
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