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On ignorant voters and busy politicians
Aytimur, R. Emre; Bruns, Christian - 2015
We show that a large electorate of ignorant voters can succeed in establishing high levels of electoral accountability. In our model an incumbent politician is confronted with a large number of voters who receive very noisy signals about her performance. We find that the accountability problem...
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Voting as a signaling device
Aytimur, R. Emre; Boukouras, Aristotelis; Schwager, Robert - 2012
characteristics to others. The model is one of rational voting and generates the following predictions: (i) The paradox of not voting … does not arise, because the benefit of voting does not vanish with population size. (ii) Turnout in elections is positively … related to the size of the local community and the importance of social interactions. (iii) Voting may exhibit bandwagon …
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Voting as a signaling device
Aytimur, R. Emre; Boukouras, Aristotelis; Schwager, Robert - 2012
characteristics to others. The model is one of rational voting and generates the following predictions: (i) The paradox of not voting … does not arise, because the benefit of voting does not vanish with population size. (ii) Turnout in elections is positively … related to the size of the local community and the importance of social interactions. (iii) Voting may exhibit bandwagon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010357537
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The citizen-candidate model with imperfect policy control
Aytimur, R. Emre; Boukouras, Aristotelis; Schwager, Robert - 2012
threshold. Thus, the median voters' ideal policy may not obtain in contested elections if policy control is imperfect, even when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283593
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The long-run earnings effects of winning a mayoral election
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Cappellari, Lorenzo; … - 2023
We estimate the effect of winning a mayoral election on long-run licit earnings, which plays a key role in the selection of local political leaders. We use Italian administrative social security data from 1995 to 2017 and a sharp regression discontinuity design based on close elections. Over a...
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Voting as a signaling device
Aytimur, R. Emre; Boukouras, Aristotelis; Schwager, Robert - 2012
characteristics to others. The model is one of rational voting and generates the following predictions: (i) The paradox of not voting … does not arise, because the benefit of voting does not vanish with population size. (ii) Turnout in elections is positively … related to the importance of social interactions. (iii) Voting may exhibit bandwagon effects and small changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009672366
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The impact of incumbency on turnout : evidence from Italian municipalities
De Benedetto, Marco Alberto; De Paola, Maria - 2013
We analyze how having an incumbent among candidates affects electoral turnout. We use a rich data set providing information on the electoral results of Italian municipal elections over the period 1993-2011. Endogeneity issues are handled through an instrumental variable approach using the mayor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128860
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Candidates' quality and electoral participation : evidence from Italian municipal elections
De Benedetto, Marco Alberto; De Paola, Maria - 2014
We analyze the impact of the quality of candidates running for a mayor position on turnout using a large data set on Italian municipal elections held from 1993 to 2011. We firstly estimate a municipal fixed effects model and show that an increase in the average quality of candidates competing at...
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The citizen-candidate model with imperfect policy control
Aytimur, R. Emre; Boukouras, Aristotelis; Schwager, Robert - 2012
threshold. Thus, the median voters' ideal policy may not obtain in contested elections if policy control is imperfect, even when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571743
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Long lasting differences in civic capital : evidence from a unique immigration event in Italy
Bracco, Emanuele; De Paola, Maria; Green, Colin P. - 2015
A range of evidence exists demonstrating that social capital is associated with a number of important economic outcomes such as economic growth, trade and crime. A recent literature goes further to illustrate how historical events and variation can lead to the development of differing and...
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