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This paper analyses the effect of extending equitable property division divorce laws to unmarried cohabiting couples in … relationshipspecific investments after being exposed to laws enabling the equitable redistribution of property in the event of relationship … have more children and are more likely to become home owners. These results demonstrate the causal effect of property …
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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...
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We compare single ballot vs dual ballot elections under plurality rule, assuming sincere voting and allowing for partly endogenous party formation. Under the dual ballot, the number of parties is larger but the influence of extremist voters on equilibrium policy is smaller, because their...
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