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Pocketbook voting, social preferences, and expressive motives in referenda

Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert - 2017

We develop and test a theory of voting and turnout decisions that integrates self-interest, social preferences, and … pocketbook benefits do not explain voting, then voting is expressive. If the perceived probability of being pivotal is non … strongly influence participation and voting. However, social or expressive motives, such as stated altruism, environmental …

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Pocketbook voting, social preferences, and expressive motives in referenda

Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert - 2017

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Pocketbook voting and social preferences in referenda

Meya, Johannes; Poutvaara, Panu; Schwager, Robert - 2015

benefit a lot from having a ticket, suggesting instrumental voting. In each referendum, a majority votes in line with self …-interest, providing strong evidence for pocketbook voting. However, social preferences like altruism, public good considerations and …

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Rain, emotions and voting for the status quo

Meier, Armando N.; Schmid, Lukas; Stutzer, Alois - 2019

Do emotions affect the decision between change and the status quo? We exploit exogenous variation in emotions caused by rain and analyze data on more than 870,000 municipal vote outcomes in Switzerland to address this question. The empirical tests are based on administrative ballot outcomes and...

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Rain, emotions and voting for the status quo

Meier, Armando N.; Schmid, Lukas; Stutzer, Alois - 2016

Do emotions affect the decision between change and the status quo? We exploit exogenous variation in emotions caused by rain and analyze data on more than 400 ballot propositions in Switzerland for the years 1958 to 2014 to address this question. The empirical tests are based on administrative...

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Immigration and electoral support for the far left and the far right

Edo, Anthony; Giesing, Yvonne; Öztunc, Jonathan; … - 2017

several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right parties in France … no robust effect on far-left voting. The increased support for far-right candidates is driven by low educated immigrants …

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Immigration and electoral support for the far-left and the far-right

Edo, Anthony; Giesing, Yvonne; Öztunc, Jonathan; … - 2018

several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right candidates in … no robust effect on far-left voting. The increased support for far-right candidates is driven by low educated immigrants …

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Special interest groups versus voters and the political economics of attention

Balles, Patrick; Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - 2018

Asymmetric information between voters and legislative representatives poses a major challenge to the functioning of representative democracy. We examine whether representatives are more likely to serve long-term campaign donors instead of constituents during times of low media attention to...

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Special interest groups versus voters and the political economics of attention

Balles, Patrick; Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - 2020

We examine whether representatives are more likely to serve long-term campaign donors instead of constituents during times of low media attention to politics. Based on 425 roll calls between 2005 and 2014 in the US House of Representatives, we show that representatives are more likely to vote...

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Immigrant narratives

Gehring, Kai; Adema, Joop; Poutvaara, Panu - 2022

Immigration is one of the most divisive political issues in many countries today. Competing narratives, circulated via the media, are crucial in shaping how immigrants' role in society is perceived. We propose a new method combining advanced natural language processing tools with dictionaries to...

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