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Selfish and Prospective : Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting
Elinder, Mikael; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2021
We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in … Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. The Social …-in-differences strategy for identification. We find clear evidence of prospective pocketbook voting. Voters respond to campaign promises but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324907
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Selfish and Prospective : Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting
Elinder, Mikael - 2017
We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in … Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizable individual gains and losses and then to voting. The Social …-in-differences strategy for identification. We find clear evidence of prospective pocketbook voting. Voters respond to campaign promises but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012706682
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Selfish and Prospective : Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting
Elinder, Mikael; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2021
We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in … Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. The Social …-in-differences strategy for identification. We find clear evidence of prospective pocketbook voting. Voters respond to campaign promises but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316431
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Merged Municipalities, Higher Debt: On Free-riding and the Common Pool Problem in Politics
Jordahl, Henrik; Liang, Che-Yuan - 2006
We use the 1952 Swedish municipal amalgamation reform to study free-riding and the common pool problem in politics. We expect municipalities that were affected by the reform to increase their debt in anticipation of a merger, and this effect to be larger if they were merged with many other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320153
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Merged Municipalities, Higher Debt: On Free-riding and the Common Pool Problem in Politics
Jordahl, Henrik; Liang, Che-Yuan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
We use the 1952 Swedish municipal amalgamation reform to study free-riding and the common pool problem in politics. We expect municipalities that were affected by the reform to increase their debt in anticipation of a merger, and this effect to be larger if they were merged with many other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005029283
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Merged Municipalities, Higher Debt: On Free-riding and the Common Pool Problem in Politics
Jordahl, Henrik; Liang, Che-Yuan - Ratioinstitutet - 2006
We use the 1952 Swedish municipal amalgamation reform to study free-riding and the common pool problem in politics. We expect municipalities that were affected by the reform to increase their debt in anticipation of a merger, and this effect to be larger if they were merged with many other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005642408
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Merged Municipalities, Higher Debt: On Free-riding and the Common Pool Problem in Politics
Jordahl, Henrik; Liang, Che-Yuan - 2006
We use the 1952 Swedish municipal amalgamation reform to study free-riding and the common pool problem in politics. We expect municipalities that were affected by the reform to increase their debt in anticipation of a merger, and this effect to be larger if they were merged with many other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321595
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Merged Municipalities, Higher Debt: On Free-riding and the Common Pool Problem in Politics
Jordahl, Henrik; Liang, Che-Yuan - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2006
We use the 1952 Swedish municipal amalgamation reform to study free-riding and the common pool problem in politics. We expect municipalities that were affected by the reform to increase their debt in anticipation of a merger, and this effect to be larger if they were merged with many other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419220
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Merged Municipalities, Higher Debt : On Free-Riding and the Common Pool Problem in Politics
Jordahl, Henrik; Liang, Che-yuan - 2014
This paper uses the Swedish municipal amalgamation reform of 1952 to study the common pool problem in politics. The amalgams were common pools and the municipalities had incentives to free-ride on their amalgam partners by increasing debt prior to amalgamation. We find that municipalities that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223606
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Selfish and Prospective: Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting
Elinder, Mikael; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2008
We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in … Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. The Social …-in-differences strategy for identification. We find clear evidence of prospective pocketbook voting. Voters respond to campaign promises but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320210