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Abstention and Populist Voting : Evidence from the Italian 2018 Election
Dalla Pellegrina, Lucia; Di Maio, Giorgio; Gilli, Mario - 2022
This study aims to investigate the demographic, social, and economic drivers of rising abstention and populist electoral success in Italy in 2018. The Italian case is unique in the euro area because, in the political elections of 4 March 2018, two parties usually identified as left-wing and...
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Compulsory voting and political participation : empirical evidence from Austria
Gäbler, Stefanie; Potrafke, Niklas; Rösel, Felix - 2019
We examine whether compulsory voting influences political participation as measured by voter turnout, invalid voting, political interest, confidence in parliament, and party membership. In Austria, some states temporarily introduced compulsory voting in national elections. We investigate border...
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Happiness before and after an election : an analysis based on a daily survey around Japan's 2009 election
Kinari, Yusuke; Ōtake, Fumio; Kimball, Miles S.; … - 2015
Election in 2009. We conducted a daily web survey for seven days before and after the election, obtaining1068 responses … significantly unhappier on the day following the election. However, happiness returned to the previous level in one or two days … that the happiness level of those whose expectation of the election results were realized did not change, while that of …
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Effects of Election Results on Stock Price Performance : Evidence from 1976 to 2008
Oehler, Andreas - 2012
Election results may influence corporate performance by general changes in government spending and tax changes. In … participants will incorporate expectations about political change into stock prices prior to an election and adjust their opinion … according to the actual decision making following the election. To date, we do not know whether both the Republican and …
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Effects of Election Results on Stock Price Performance : Evidence from 1980 to 2008
Oehler, Andreas - 2014
or from a Republican to a Democratic candidate causes stronger stock market effects than re-election or the election of a … returns around the election day. The results are relevant for academics, investors and policy makers alike because they …
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Candidates' quality and electoral participation : evidence from Italian municipal elections
De Benedetto, Marco Alberto; De Paola, Maria - 2014
We analyze the impact of the quality of candidates running for a mayor position on turnout using a large data set on Italian municipal elections held from 1993 to 2011. We firstly estimate a municipal fixed effects model and show that an increase in the average quality of candidates competing at...
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Electoral cycles in MPs' salaries : evidence from the German States
Kauder, Björn; Krause, Manuela; Potrafke, Niklas - 2016
Members of parliament (MPs) often decide on their own salaries. Voters dislike self-serving politicians, and politicians are keen to gratify their voters. In line with the political business cycle theories, politicians thus may well delay deciding on increases in salaries until after elections....
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Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions : quasi-experimental evidence from Germany
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana - 2015
Do established parties change political institutions to disadvantage smaller, nonmainstream parties if the latters ́electoral prospects improve? We study this question with a natural experiment from the German federal state of Hesse. The experiment is the abolishment of an explicit electoral...
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Electoral Externalities in Federations - Evidence from German Opinion Polls
Frei, Xenia - 2017
the endogenous variables; the federal election trend is treated as predetermined. Our results suggest that shocks in …
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No surprises, please : voting costs and electoral turnout
Alipour, Jean-Victor; Lindlacher, Valentin - 2022
We study how shocks to voting costs affect electoral turnout. Individuals whose polling place is relocated face changes to their cost of voting in person due to altered distance and unfamiliarity with the new polling place. Using address-level and precinct-level data, we find that polling place...
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