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Was Obama elected by the internet? : broadband diffusion and voters' behavior in US presidential elections
Larcinese, Valentino; Miner, Luke - 2018
What are the political consequences of the diffusion of broadband internet? We address this question by studying the … 2008 US presidential election, the first political campaign where the internet played a key role. Drawing on data from the … FEC and the FCC, we provide robust evidence that internet penetration in US counties is associated with an increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794226
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Special interest groups versus voters and the political economics of attention
Balles, Patrick; Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - 2018
Asymmetric information between voters and legislative representatives poses a major challenge to the functioning of representative democracy. We examine whether representatives are more likely to serve long-term campaign donors instead of constituents during times of low media attention to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949175
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Was Obama Elected by the Internet? Broadband Diffusion and Voters' Behavior in US Presidential Elections
Larcinese, Valentino; Miner, Luke - 2021
What are the political consequences of the diffusion of broadband internet? We address this question by studying the … 2008 US presidential election, the first political campaign where the internet played a key role. Drawing on data from the … FEC and the FCC, we provide robust evidence that internet penetration in US counties is associated with an increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315430
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Special interest groups versus voters and the political economics of attention
Balles, Patrick; Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - 2020
We examine whether representatives are more likely to serve long-term campaign donors instead of constituents during times of low media attention to politics. Based on 425 roll calls between 2005 and 2014 in the US House of Representatives, we show that representatives are more likely to vote...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012211217
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Special interest groups versus voters and the political economics of attention
Balles, Patrick; Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - 2024
We investigate whether US House representatives favour special interest groups over constituents in periods of low media attention to politics. Analysing 666 roll calls from 2005 to 2018, we show that representatives are more likely to vote against their constituency's preferred position the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512422
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Broadband Internet and Political Behavior : Evidence from the United States
Jaber, Ahmed - 2013
This paper examines the effect of the introduction of broadband Internet on voting and campaign donations in the 2000s … presidential elections, as well as an increase in the total amount donated to political campaigns. Consistent with the hypothesis … elections. Evidence suggests the existence of both direct and indirect channels for the broadband effect. In particular, I find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073056
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Television market size and political accountability in the US house of representatives
Balles, Patrick; Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - 2022
This paper examines the role of local TV market structure in US congressional politics, exploiting variation in the overlaps of political markets and TV markets. Local TV stations are hypothesized to report relatively more per US House representative in less populous markets (where the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191645
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012886744
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Partisan impacts on the economy: evidence from prediction markets and close elections
Snowberg, Erik; Wolfers, Justin; Zitzewitz, Eric - 2006
problem that economic outcomes also influence elections. We sidestep these problems by analyzing movements in economic …-Democrat differential was also observed for the 2000 Bush-Gore contest. Prediction market based analyses of all Presidential elections since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267661
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Broadband Internet Access and Health Outcomes : Patient and Provider Responses in Medicare
Van Parys, Jessica; Brown, Zach Y. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
High-speed internet has increased the amount of information available in health care markets. Online information may … providers to improve quality. We examine how health outcomes for common procedures in Medicare changed after broadband internet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337812