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Ideology without ideologists
Mechtenberg, Lydia (contributor) - 2007
is high, swing voter behavior can solve the problem. -- Information transmission ; signalling ; ideology ; intraparty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003633611
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Political entrepreneurs and pork-barrel spending
Klingensmith, J. Zachary - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 1/16, pp. 1-17
Pork-barrel spending is the use of federal money for localized projects that yield only a narrow geographic benefit. It is a commonly held belief that politicians use this spending to improve their chances of re-election. One way that an incumbent can increase their chances of re-election is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012020519
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The Effect of Public Financing on the Competitiveness of Elections
Stratmann, Thomas - 2013
This paper analyzes the effect of public financing on the competitiveness on elections. It shows that states with public financing have more competitive elections in state assembly races than states without. The paper also analyzes the fortunes of those candidates for the Maine House of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095949
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Is political ideology stable? : evidence from long-serving members of the United States Congress
Mixon, Franklin G.; Sankaran, Chandini; Upadhyaya, … - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 2/36, pp. 1-19
This study extends the political science and political psychology literature on the political ideology of lawmakers by … addressing the following question: How stable is a legislator's political ideology over time? In doing so, we employ Nokken …-Poole scores of legislators' political ideology for members of the United States (U.S.) House of Representatives and the U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021683
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The right look : conservative politicians look better than their voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2010
. -- beauty ; elections ; political candidates ; appearance ; ideology ; parties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008808225
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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 and Australia. Our explanation is that beautiful people...
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The right look : conservative politicians look better and voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2010 - Revised version: February 8, 2012
. -- Beauty ; Elections ; Political candidates ; Appearance ; Ideology ; Partie …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008760516
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The right look : conservative politicians look better and their voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2011
right" use beauty as a cue for candidate ideology or quality in the municipal elections. -- beauty ; elections ; political … candidates ; appearance ; ideology ; parties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230687
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The political economy of propaganda : evidence from US newspapers
Ottinger, Sebastian; Winkler, Max - 2022
We study the impact of the first American party committed to redistribution from rich to poor on anti-Black media content in the 1890s. The Populist Party sought support among poor farmers, regardless of race, providing the segregationist Democratic establishment in the South with an incentive...
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Precise control over legislative vote outcomes : a forensic approach to political economics
Matter, Ulrich; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2016
We propose a forensic approach to investigate the politico-economic forces that influence narrow vote outcomes in legislative assemblies. Applying nonparametric estimation techniques to a data set covering all roll call votes between 1990 and 2014, we can identify the existence of precise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509565