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Essays on collective action
Pönitzsch, Gert - 2014
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Frictions to political competition and financial openness
Boukouras, Aristotelis; Koufopoulos, Kostas - 2011
politicians. Two political frictions (ideological adherence and a super- majority requirement) impair political competition and … lead to equilibria, where politicians receive corruption bribes. Furthermore, the model implies a non …
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Politicians as bankers : the mechanisms and consequences of politically influenced banking
Markgraf, Jonas - 2018
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Do politicians shirk when reelection is certain? : evidence from the German parliament
Bernecker, Andreas - In: European journal of political economy 36 (2014), pp. 55-70
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Essays on the behavior of firms and politicians
Riem, Marina - 2017
This dissertation consists of six self-contained chapters that are related to the behavior of firms and politicians in … partisanship and self-interest of politicians shape their ethos and behavior. Chapter 5 describes how partisanship shapes the … attitudes and actions of politicians in Germany. The results show that German state politicians' and governments' words differed …
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Asymmetric information and the electoral momentum of public opinion polls
Cukierman, Alex - 1986
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On Public Opinion Polls and Voters' Turnout
Klor, Esteban F.; Winter, Eyal - 2006
This paper studies the effects that the revelation of information on the electorate's preferences has on voters' turnout decisions. The experimental data show that closeness in the division of preferences induces a significant increase in turnout. Moreover, for closely divided electorates (and...
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Media capture and media power
Prat, Andrea - 2016
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Chapter 16. Media Capture and Media Power
Prat, Andrea - 2015
This chapter studies situations where media sources deliberately deviate from truthful reporting in order to manipulate electoral outcomes. Media capture occurs when the government actively attempts to influence the media industry. We instead speak of media power when news organizations engage...
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Tainted money? : Contribution limits and the effectiveness of campaign spending
Stratmann, Thomas - 2003
Campaign expenditures are not effective in increasing candidates' vote shares if voters do not respond to the advertisement when they believe that campaign expenditures are financed with "tainted money". In this situation, limiting contributions may reduce the number of policy favors that...
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