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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287647
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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/10010280806
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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 effect of far right parties on the location choice of immigrants : evidence from Lega Nord Mayors
Bracco, Emanuele; De Paola, Maria; Green, Colin; … - 2017
Immigration has increasingly taken centre-stage in the political landscape. Part of this has been rise in far-right, anti-immigration parties in a range of countries. Existing evidence suggests that the presence of immigrants has a substantial effect on the political views of the electorate,...
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The citizen-candidate model with imperfect policy control
Aytimur, R. Emre; Boukouras, Aristotelis; Schwager, Robert - 2015
, remains strictly above a threshold. Moreover, there may be one-candidate equilibria in which the only candidate is not the one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010505157
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Term limit extension and electoral participation : evidence from a diff-in-discontinuities design at the local level in Italy
De Benedetto, Marco Alberto; De Paola, Maria - 2018
We study the effect of term limits on voter turnout in local Italian elections. Since 2014 the Italian law allows mayors in municipalities with a population size lower than 3,000 inhabitants to re-run for a third term, whereas mayors in cities with a number of residents above the cutoff still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924906
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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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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/10009489028
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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