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Conservative politicians and voting on same-sex marriage
Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2017
We examine whether conservative politicians are less likely to support same-sex marriage when they run for office in … around 1.3 percentage points. We conjecture that politicians are election-motivated - even when submitting roll-call votes on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742931
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Rewarding conservative politicians? : evidence from voting on same-sex marriage
Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2021
We examine whether voters rewarded conservative politicians who were voting in favor of same-sex marriage. Data is … September 2017. The results show that the vote share of conservative politicians who voted in favor of same-sex marriage was … share of conservative politicians who did not vote in favor of same-sex marriage. Voters were seeking for outcomes other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550086
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Conservative Politicians and Voting on Same-Sex Marriage
Kauder, Björn - 2017
We examine whether conservative politicians are less likely to support same-sex marriage when they run for office in … around 1.3 percentage points. We conjecture that politicians are election-motivated – even when submitting roll-call votes on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942384
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Do politicians reward core supporters? : evidence from a discretionary grant program
Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas; Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2016
We investigate whether politicians award intergovernmental grants to core supporters. Our new dataset contains …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541062
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Wirtschaftslage und Regierungsideologie in Europa
Potrafke, Niklas; Reischmann, Markus; Riem, Marina; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 09, pp. 18-25
Im gegenwärtigen Europawahlkampf vertritt Jean-Claude Juncker die Ansicht, dass europäische Staaten mit konservativen Regierungen bessere wirtschaftliche Daten vorweisen können als Staaten mit sozialistischen Regierungen. Ob Regierungen unterschiedlicher parteipolitischer Zusammensetzung auch...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011693645
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Wirtschaftslage und Regierungsideologie in Europa
Potrafke, Niklas; Reischmann, Markus; Riem, Marina; … - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 09, pp. 18-25
Im gegenwärtigen Europawahlkampf vertritt Jean-Claude Juncker die Ansicht, dass europäische Staaten mit konservativen Regierungen bessere wirtschaftliche Daten vorweisen können als Staaten mit sozialistischen Regierungen. Ob Regierungen unterschiedlicher parteipolitischer Zusammensetzung auch...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877492
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Evidence on the Political Principal-Agent Problem from Voting on Public Finance for Concert Halls
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
Principal-agent problems can arise when preferences of voters are not aligned with preferences of political representatives. Often the consequence of the political principal-agent problem is political catering to special interests. In this paper I provide examples of principal-agent problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079370
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Gambling for re-election
Langtry, Alastair; Potrafke, Niklas; Schlepper, Marcel; … - 2024
economic decision-making – is important in politics. We show that politicians ‘gamble for re-election’ in the context of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014543709
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Do politicians reward core supporters? : evidence from a discretionary grant program
Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas; Reischmann, Markus Josef - In: European journal of political economy 45 (2016), pp. 39-56
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011714973
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Rewarding conservative politicians? : evidence from voting on same-sex marriage
Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - In: Public choice 191 (2022) 1/2, pp. 161-172
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