Showing 1 - 10 of 46
Is electoral competition good for political selection? To address this issue, we introduce a theoretical model in which ideological parties select candidates between party loyalists and experts, and allocate them into the electoral districts. Non-ideological voters, who care about national and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872713
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003875486
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518798
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334770
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334804
This paper investigates the differential response of male and female voters to competitive persuasion in political campaigns. During the 2011 municipal elections in Milan, a sample of eligible voters was randomly divided into three groups. Two were exposed to the same incumbent's campaign but to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009766351
This paper investigates the differential response of male and female voters to competitive persuasion in political campaigns. During the 2011 municipal elections in Milan, a sample of eligible voters was randomly divided into three groups. Two were exposed to the same incumbentÅ› campaign but to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009766678
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744102
Rational voters update their subjective beliefs about candidates' attributes with the arrival of information, and subsequently base their votes on these beliefs. Information accrual is, however, endogenous to voters' types and difficult to identify in observational studies. In a large scale...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009730833
This paper evaluates the effects of changes in the supply of news provided by newspapers on electoral participation, political selection, and government efficiency. We address these issues in the Italian context by constructing a new dataset covering the presence of local news by different types...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009697674