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Statistical test for the mathematical theory of democracy
Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2012
"Mathematical Theory of Democracy" by the author at the Faculty of Economics of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. One new … published before the German parliamentary elections 2009 and on relevant polls of public opinion. -- Mathematical theory of … gut gelingt. Solche Versuche sind Gegenstand einer Vorlesungsreihe "Mathematische Theorie der Demokratie" des Autors an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009505438
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The impact of election information shocks on populist party preferences : evidence from Germany
Gerling, Lena; Kellermann, Kim Leonie - 2019
Despite controversial debates about the social acceptability of its nationalist program, the rightwing populist AfD has recently entered all state parliaments as well as the federal parliament in Germany. Although professed AfD voters faced a likely risk of social stigmatization, electoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063656
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The impact of election information shocks on populist party preferences : evidence from Germany
Gerling, Lena; Kellermann, Kim Leonie - 2019
This paper investigates the effect of aggregate-level information shocks regarding support for a populist right-wing party on the individual disposition to report a respective political preference in survey interviews. Despite controversial debates about the social acceptability of its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012268349
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Policy representation by German parties at the 2017 federal election
Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2017
The paper estimates the policy representation of 34 German parties that participate in the 2017 Bundestag (federal) election. For this purpose, the party positions on 31 topical issues are compared with the results of recent public opinion polls. Then we construct the party indices of popularity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011743109
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Policy representation by the 2017 Bundestag
Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2017
The paper estimates the policy representation of 34 German parties that have participated in the 2017 Bundestag (federal) election. For this purpose, the party positions on 31 topical issues are compared with the results of recent public opinion polls. Then we construct the party indices of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011743111
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Electoral rules for mayors and incentives to pork-barrel : quasi-experimental evidence from German municipalities ; conference paper
Hessami, Zohal - 2014
This paper exploits a natural experiment in Hesse where a reform of the electoral rule from mayor appointment by the local council towards direct mayor elections was introduced during a phase-in period from 1993 to 1998. The end of the term of the last appointed mayor varies across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010485272
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Instrumental Variables and Causal Mechanisms : Unpacking the Effect of Trade on Workers and Voters
Dippel, Christian - 2018
This paper shows that import exposure affects voting behavior because it affects local labor markets. We develop a new framework for mediation analysis where one instrumental variable is sufficient to identify three causal effects. Using German data from 1987–2009, we find that import exposure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012927102
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Empirical studies on public debt and fiscal transfers
Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2016
, ob das Wahlverhalten der Gemeinden bei Landtagswahlen in einem deutschen Bundesland die Verteilung von diskretionären …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011742833
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Instrumental variables and causal mechanisms : unpacking the effect of trade on workers and voters
Dippel, Christian; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan; … - 2017
This paper shows that import exposure affects voting behavior because it affects local labor markets. We develop a new framework for mediation analysis where one instrumental variable is sufficient to identify three causal effects. Using German data from 1987-2009, we find that import exposure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781026
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Minority positions in the German council of economic experts : a political economic analysis
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
I investigate minority votes in the German Council of Economic Experts. The dataset contains information on the voting … against the majority opinion of the German Council of Economic Experts. This voting pattern indicates that the channel of … ; German Council of Economic Experts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009732996