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International migration of couples
Junge, Marin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015
We develop a theoretical model regarding the migration of dual-earner couples and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases with the income of the primary earner, whereas the income of the secondary earner may...
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The right look : conservative politicians look better and voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015
Since good-looking politicians win more votes, a beauty advantage for politicians on the left or on the right is bound … to have political consequences. We show that politicians on the right look more beautiful in Europe, the United States … candidates and that politicians on the right benefit more from beauty in low-information elections. Evidence from real and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289386
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The right look : conservative politicians look better and voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - In: Journal of public economics 146 (2017), pp. 79-86
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Attractiveness vs. partisan stereotypes
Licata, Carmelo; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization 219 (2024), pp. 284-304
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The duality of political brand equity
Phipps, Marcus; Brace-Govan, Jan; Jevons, Colin - In: European journal of marketing : EJM 44 (2010) 3/4, pp. 496-514
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Choosing a champion : party membership and policy platform
Anderson, Simon P.; Meagher, Kieron J. - 2012
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Smooth politicians and paternalistic voters : a theory of large elections
Faravelli, Marco; Walsh, Randall P. - 2011
"We propose a new game theoretic approach to modeling large elections that overcomes the "paradox of voting" in a costly voting framework, without reliance on the assumption of ad hoc preferences for voting. The key innovation that we propose is the adoption of a "smooth" policy rule under which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310346
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Mediocracy
Mattozzi, Andrea; Merlo, Antonio - In: Journal of public economics 130 (2015), pp. 32-44
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Party governance and the selection of parliamentarians
Beniers, Klaas J. - 2005
This paper examines the incentives for a party leader in office and for a parties' rank-and-file to replace a sitting member of parliament. As to the leader's decision, we show that the leader prefers to replace a critical member of parliament who votes against the leader's policy. A competent...
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Party-bosses vs. party-primaries : quality of legislature under different selectorates
Evrenk, Haldun; Lambie-Hanson, Timothy; Xu, Yourong - In: European journal of political economy 29 (2013), pp. 168-182
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