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Candidate Quality
Takalo, Tuomas; Poutvaara, Panu - 2004
We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to run. To this end, we develop a sparse and tractable citizen-candidate model of representative democracy with ability differences, informative campaigning and political parties....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261945
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Candidate Quality
Poutvaara, Panu; Takalo, Tuomas - EconWPA - 2004
We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to run. To this end, we develop a sparse and tractable citizen-candidate model of representative democracy with ability differences, informative campaigning and political parties....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005560979
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Candidate Quality
Poutvaara, Panu; Takalo, Tuomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to run. To this end, we develop a sparse and tractable citizen-candidate model of representative democracy with ability differences, informative campaigning and political parties....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822454
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Candidate Quality
Poutvaara, Panu; Takalo, Tuomas - 2004
We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to run. To this end, we develop a sparse and tractable citizen-candidate model of representative democracy with ability differences, informative campaigning and political parties....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014073899
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The economics of peace and war : an overview
Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 64 (2018) 4, pp. 545-554
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030153
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The Looks of a Winner: Beauty, Gender and Electoral Success
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2006
female and male candidates and how different candidate traits relate to success in real and hypothetical elections. We have … success in real elections better than evaluations of competence, intelligence, likability, or trustworthiness. The beauty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320093
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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 Democrats proposed budget cuts affecting parents with young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320210
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The Right Look: Conservative Politicians Look Better and Voters Reward It
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2010
Australia, Finland, France, and the United States. This appearance gap gives candidates on the right an advantage in elections … 6% in the 2000-2006 U.S. Senate elections because they fielded candidates who looked more competent. These shifts are … Republicans also won nine of the 15 gubernatorial elections where looks were decisive. Using Finnish data, we also show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320237
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Faces of 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 … that babyfaced political candidates are perceived as less competent and therefore fare worse in elections. We test this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320336
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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 Democrats proposed budget cuts affecting parents with young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264512