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Do voters choose better politicians than political parties? : evidence from a natural experiment in Italy
Alfano, Maria Rosaria; Baraldi, Anna Laura; Papagni, Erasmo - 2020
candidates vs proportional system with open list of candidates - on the quality of politicians. The exogenous variation in the … implement a Difference-in- Differences approach to compare the change in politicians' quality (as their education level) across … the treatment group (the Parliamentarians) and the control group (the regional councillors) of politicians before and …
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Local electoral rewards from centralized social programs : are mayors getting the credit?
Rodríguez-Chamussy, Lourdes - 2015
urban, more educated and relatively wealthier municipalities. Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that politicians …
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Trustful voters, trustworthy politicians : a survey experiment on the influence of social media in politics
Aruguete, Natalia; Calvo, Ernesto; Scartascini, Carlos G.; … - 2021
test the effect of social media on trust and trustworthiness. Survey respondents alternate as agents (politicians) and … exposed to messages from in-group or out-group politicians, and with positive or negative tone. Results provide robust support …
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Does holding elections during a Covid-19 pandemic put the lives of politicians at risk?
Bach, Laurent; Guillouzouic-Le Corff, Arthur; … - 2020
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Flip-opping and electoral concerns
Andreottola, Giovanni - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012200630
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Gender and electoral incentives : evidence from crisis response
Chauvin, Juan Pablo; Tricaud, Clemence - 2022
political agency model where politicians seek re-election and where voters assess female and male politicians' actions …
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Rethinking the political economy of decentralization : how elections and parties shape the provision of local public goods
Ponce Rodríguez, Raúl A.; Hankla, Charles R.; … - 2012
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Politics under the weather : droughts, parties and electoral outcomes
Tigre, Paulo Bastos; Miller, Sebastián - 2013
The increased occurrence of extreme weather conditions leading to drought is a key development challenge. This paper studies how these extreme events interact with the political process at the local level using rich administrative data for drought declarations and mayoral elections in Brazil....
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Vote buying or campaign promises? : electoral strategies when party credibility is limited
Hanusch, Marek; Keefer, Philip; Vlaicu, Razvan - 2016
What explains significant variation across countries in the use of vote buying instead of campaign promises to secure voter support? This paper explicitly models the tradeoff parties face between engaging in vote buying and making campaign promises, and explores the distributional consequences...
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Incumbent advantage, voter information and vote buying
Cruz, Cesi; Keefer, Philip; Labonne, Julien - 2016
Results from a new experiment shed light on the effects of voter information on vote buying and incumbent advantage. The treatment provided voters with information about a major spending program and the proposed allocations and promises of mayoral candidates just prior to municipal elections. It...
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