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Friends in High Places
Cohen, Lauren - 2010
We demonstrate that personal connections amongst politicians have a significant impact on the voting behavior of U ….S. politicians. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians, as well as common seat locations on the chamber floor, are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137309
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Does Gender Matter for Political Leadership? The Case of U.S. Mayors
Ferreira, Fernando V. - 2011
What are the consequences of electing a female leader for policy and political outcomes? We answer this question in the context of U.S. cities, where women's participation in mayoral elections increased from negligible numbers in 1970 to about one-third of the elections in the 2000's. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117391
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The Control of Politicians in Normal Times and Times of Crisis : Wealth Accumulation by U.S. Congressmen, 1850-1880
Querubin, Pablo - 2011
We employ a regression discontinuity design based on close elections to estimate the rents from a seat in the U.S. congress between 1850-1880. Using census data, we compare wealth accumulation among those who won or lost their first race by a small margin. We find evidence of significant returns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117869
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Smooth Politicians and Paternalistic Voters : A Theory of Large Elections
Faravelli, Marco - 2011
We propose a new game theoretic approach to modeling large elections that overcomes the "paradox of voting" in a costly voting framework, without reliance on the assumption of ad hoc preferences for voting. The key innovation that we propose is the adoption of a "smooth" policy rule under which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120312
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Private Returns to Public Office
Fisman, Raymond J. - 2012
, we rule out a range of alternative explanations for differential earnings of politicians and a relevant control group …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106303
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Congressional Influence as a Determinant of Subprime Lending
Gabriel, Stuart - 2013
We apply unique loan level data from New Century Financial Corporation, a major subprime lender, to assess whether attributes of Congressional Representatives were associated with access to and pricing of subprime mortgage credit. Research findings indicate higher likelihoods of subprime loan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083387
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Who Becomes a Politician?
Dal Bo, Ernesto - 2017
political selection among the universe of municipal politicians and national legislators in Sweden, using extraordinarily rich … characterize an “inclusive meritocracy.” First, politicians are on average significantly smarter and better leaders than the … selection between competence and social representation, mainly due to strong positive selection of politicians of low (parental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963759
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Candidates, Character, and Corruption
Bernheim, B. Douglas - 2015
We study the characteristics of self-selected candidates in corrupt political systems. Potential candidates differ along two dimensions of unobservable character: public spirit (altruism toward others) and honesty (the disutility suffered when selling out to special interests after securing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038435
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Votes for Women : An Economic Perspective on Women's Enfranchisement
Moehling, Carolyn M. - 2020
The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 officially granted voting rights to women across the United States. However, many states extended full or partial suffrage to women before the federal amendment. In this paper, we discuss the history of women's enfranchisement using an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840842
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Press Coverage and Political Accountability
Snyder, James M. - 2008
In this paper we estimate the impact of press coverage on citizen knowledge, politicians' actions, and policy. We find … effects -- voter information, politicians' actions and policy -- we find statistically significant and substantively important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772362