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The men who weren't even there: Legislative voting with absentees
Kóczy, László Á.; Pintér, Péter Miklós - 2011
Voting power in voting situations is measured by the probability of changing decisions by altering the cast 'yes' or 'no' votes. Recently this analysis has been extended by strategic abstention. Abstention, just as 'yes' or 'no' votes can change decisions. This theory is often applied to...
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Jury discrimination in criminal trials
Anwar, Shamena; Bayer, Patrick; Hjalmarsson, Randi - 2010
This paper examines the impact of jury racial composition on trial outcomes using a unique dataset of all felony trials in Sarasota County, Florida between 2004 and 2009. We utilize a research design that exploits day-to-day variation in the composition of the jury pool to isolate quasi-random...
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Räumliche Modelle des Repräsentationsgefühls. Vergleichende Analysen mit Fokus auf die Bundestagswahl 2009
Wagner, Aiko; Lehmann, Pola; Regel, Sven; Schultze, Henrike - In: Zeitschrift für vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 8 (2014) 1, pp. 29-56
Die Repräsentationsbeziehung zwischen Wählern und Parteien ist entscheidend für das Funktionieren repräsentativer Demokratien. Der Grad der gefühlten Repräsentation hat Einfluss auf den Delegationsmechanismus und die Demokratiezufriedenheit. Daher untersucht dieser Artikel das...
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Is the euro up for grabs? Evidence from a survey experiment
Baccaro, Lucio; Bremer, Björn; Neimanns, Erik - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic may lead to a resurgence of the euro crisis. In this context, Italy seems particularly vulnerable: support for the euro is lower than in most other eurozone countries, and a possible exit could have serious consequences for the common currency. Based on a novel survey...
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Storable Votes: Giving Voice to Minority Preferences without Sacrificing Efficiency
Casella, Alessandra; Palfrey, Thomas; Riezman, Raymond - In: CESifo DICE Report 05 (2007) 3, pp. 17-22
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Broadband Internet and Political Participation - Evidence for Germany
Czernich, Nina - 2011
Previous studies found the introduction of the today well established media radio and television to affect political participation. This paper evaluates the effect of the relatively recent introduction of a new medium, broadband internet. OLS resultssuggest a positive association between DSL...
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Voter Turnout in Direct Democracy: Theory and Evidence
Søberg, Morten; Tangerås, Thomas P. - 2003
We analyse voter turnout as a function of referendum types. An advisory referendum produces advice that a legislature may or may not take into account when choosing between two alternatives, whereas a binding referendum generates a decisive decision. In theory, voter turnout should be higher...
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Knowledge is power: A theory of information, income, and welfare spending
Lind, Jo Thori; Rhoner, Dominic - 2011
No voters cast their votes based on perfect information, but better educated and richer voters are on average better informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of poor voters, and cause parties to choose political...
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Inequality, public opinion, and redistribution
Kenworthy, Lane; McCall, Leslie - 2007
According to the 'median-voter' hypothesis, greater inequality in the market distribution of earnings or income tends to produce greater generosity in redistributive policy. We outline the steps in the causal chain specified by the hypothesis and attempt to assess these steps empirically. Prior...
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US-Präsidentschaftswahlen 2016: Der Einfluss soziodemografischer, ökonomischer und kultureller Faktoren auf Trumps Wahlerfolg
Stoetzer, Matthias-Wolfgang; Munder, Alexander; Steger, … - 2019
theoretisch und empirisch diese Wahlentscheidung der Bürger in den USA zu erklären. Angesichts des Phänomens Trump stellt sich die … zwischen den Bundesstaaten bzw. durch kulturelle Besonderheiten verschiedener Regionen der USA erklärt wird. Für letzteres wird … die Differenzierung Woodards (2012) von zehn kulturellen Regionen in den USA herangezogen. Auf Individualdaten (Umfragen …
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