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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 … candidates and that politicians on the right benefit more from beauty in low-information elections. Evidence from real and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289386
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The right look : conservative politicians look better and voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - In: Journal of public economics 146 (2017), pp. 79-86
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823410
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Smooth politicians and paternalistic voters : a theory of large elections
Faravelli, Marco; Walsh, Randall P. - 2011
"We propose a new game theoretic approach to modeling large elections that overcomes the "paradox of voting" in a costly voting framework, without reliance on the assumption of ad hoc preferences for voting. The key innovation that we propose is the adoption of a "smooth" policy rule under which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310346
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Mediocracy
Mattozzi, Andrea; Merlo, Antonio - In: Journal of public economics 130 (2015), pp. 32-44
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Opportunist politicians and the evolution of electoral competition
Laslier, Jean-François; Öztürk Göktuna, Bilge - In: Journal of evolutionary economics : JEE 26 (2016) 2, pp. 381-406
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477788
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Smooth Politicians and Paternalistic Voters : A Theory of Large Elections
Faravelli, Marco - 2011
We propose a new game theoretic approach to modeling large elections that overcomes the "paradox of voting" in a costly voting framework, without reliance on the assumption of ad hoc preferences for voting. The key innovation that we propose is the adoption of a "smooth" policy rule under which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120312
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Open or closed? : how list type affects electoral performance, candidate selection, and campaign effort
Hangartner, Dominik; Ruiz, Nelson A.; Tukiainen, Janne - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138052
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Smooth Politicians and Paternalistic Voters : A Theory of Large Elections
Faravelli, Marco - 2011
We propose a new game theoretic approach to modeling large elections that overcomes the "paradox of voting" in a costly voting framework, without reliance on the assumption of ad hoc preferences for voting. The key innovation that we propose is the adoption of a "smooth" policy rule under which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461261
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Mediocracy
Mattozzi, Andrea; Merlo, Antonio - 2007
a political party may deliberately choose to recruit only mediocre politicians, in spite of the fact that it could … afford to recruit better individuals who would like to become politicians. We argue that this finding may contribute to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003444384
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Mediocracy
Mattozzi, Andrea; Merlo, Antonio - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003427578