of a systematic electoral cycle in fiscal policy (i.e. spending and budget deficits are raised in election years … relative weight voters assign to non-economic issues prior to an election and positively correlated with the uncertainty over …

Bei der Wahl zum Europäischen Parlament am 25. Mai 2014 treten die Parteien zum ersten Mal mit Spitzenkandidaten an …

comprehensive, multi-country examination of the effects of terror attacks on political opinions and election outcomes. The results …

Empirical research on the determinants of right and left-wing extremist election successes is still dominated by …

This paper studies the existence of election cycles in public procurement in the European Union for the national level …

comprehensive, multi-country examination of the effects of terror attacks on political opinions and election outcomes. The results …

Last June’s European Parliament (“EP”) election was widely considered a failure. Turnout was low across Europe, and, as … has been the case in every EP election since they were introduced in 1979, voters responded exclusively to domestic cues … elections are much like the problems in a variety of American state and local elections. Election laws ensure that national …

parliamentary term to assess how European Parliament (EP) election proximity affects party group cohesion. Our formal model of …

An event study analysis is performed on consumer confidence around election times using an effective sample of 84 … incumbent party wins or loses. Consumer confidence is able to predict positively the probability of re-election of the incumbent …