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Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China
Miquel, Gerard Padro-i-; Qian, Nancy; Yao, Yang - eSocialSciences - 2013
This study examines how the economic effects of elections in rural China depend on voter heterogeneity, for which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945274
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Economic Growth, Governance and Voting Behaviour: an Application to Indian Elections
Virmani, Arvind - eSocialSciences - 2009
The focus of this paper is on the potential economic factors underlying voter behaviour in a democracy. It develops a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000239
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EC Controversy: What are the Issues? EC Controversy: What Are the Issues
Iyer, Ramaswamy R. - eSocialSciences - 2009
A comprehensive and logically rigorous analysis of the issues raised by the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner N.Gopalaswami for the removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, the President’s rejection and the developments that followed.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341726
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Does Timing of Elections Instigate Riots? A Subnational Study of 16 Indian States, 1958-2004
Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - eSocialSciences - 2009
Whether timing of the elections leads to riots or not within India. In other words, does timing of elections instigate … scheduled elections are associated with increase in riots …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341745
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The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China
Yao, Yang; Bravo, Monica Martinez; Miquel, Gerard Padro i; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
This study investigates the effects of introducing elections on public goods and redistribution in rural China. A large … staggered timing of the introduction of elections for causal identification. It was found that elections significantly increase … local taxes. IT that elections cause significant income redistribution within villages. The results support the basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551149
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Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China
Yao, Yang; Qia, Nancy; Bravo, Monica Martinez; Miquel, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
Unique survey data is used to study whether the introduction of local elections in China made local leaders more … the top-down introduction of elections across villages is studied to estimate the causal effects of elections and find … that elections affected policy outcomes in a way that is consistent with the predicted effects of increased local leader …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002244
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Journalism in Democracies During Times of War: Examining the Role of Indian and US Media
Sharma, Aradhana - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper examines the larger issue of how a ‘free’ media performs during times of war with particular reference to US and India using case studies. It focuses on ‘national security’ becoming a major pivot around which the media discourse is shaped. How the media...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133140
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Vote-Buying and Reciprocity
Finan, Frederico; Schechter, Laura - eSocialSciences - 2009
In this paper, how social preferences overcome the commitment problems implicit in vote-buying is examined. Data used for the study is a survey information on vote-buying experienced in a 2006 municipal election in Paraguay, with information on behavior in experiments carried out in 2002....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487857
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Abolishing Indonesia’s Direct Local Elections: Missing the Forest for the Trees?
Chen, Jonathan; Priamarizki, Adhi - eSocialSciences - 2014
The Indonesian House of Representatives is due to pass a bill ending direct elections of local leaders, leaving the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133121
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Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2014: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Candidates
ADR, Association for Democratic Reforms - eSocialSciences - 2014
candidates out of 4119 candidates who are contesting in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections of 2014. The effort has been to cover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133145