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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496966
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645032
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011657009
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794011
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800646
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013418879
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Selfish and prospective : theory and evidence of pocketbook voting
Elinder, Mikael (contributor); Jordahl, Henrik (contributor) - 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/10003766637
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Selfish and prospective theory and evidence of pocketbook voting
Elinder, Mikael (contributor); Jordahl, Henrik (contributor) - 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/10003766935
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Why are more redistributive social security systems smaller? : A median voter approach
Köthenbürger, Marko (contributor);  … - 2005
We suggest a political economy explanation for the stylized fact that intragenerationally more redistributive social security systems are smaller. We relate the stylized fact to an "efficiency-redistribution" trade-off to be resolved by political process. The inefficiency of social security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280758
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Faces to politicians : babyfacedness predicts inferred competence but not electoral success
Poutvaara, Panu; Jordahl, Henrik; Berggren, Niclas - 2009
Recent research has documented that competent-looking political candidates do better in U.S. elections and that babyfaced individuals are generally perceived to be less competent than maturefaced individuals. Taken together, this suggests that babyfaced political candidates are perceived as less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860569