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Political (self-)selection and competition : evidence from U.S. Congressional elections
Bose, Paul - 2021 - This version: October 2020
general elections for the years 1998-2014 to study this question. I measure quality using previous legislative experience and … competition in primary elections in the strong party. As opposed to this, experienced candidates and candidates with a good … identity match run relatively more frequently in primary elections in the weak party as competition increases. The effects of …
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Friends and foes at work : assigning teams in a social network
Daske, Thomas - 2017
In many firms, production requires the division of staff into teams. If only team performance is observable, moral hazard in teams is inevitable. This variant of moral hazard can be overcome or exacerbated by the interpersonal relationships among team members. I investigate how the division of...
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Group selection : the quest for social preferences
Salomonsson, Marcus - 2009
This paper surveys the literature on group selection. I describe the early contributions and the group selection controversy. I also describe the main approaches to group selection in the recent literature; fixation, assortative group formation, and reproductive externalities. -- Altruism ; spite...
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Suspiciously timed trade disputes
Conconi, Paola; DeRemer, David R.; Kirchsteiger, Georg; … - 2015
This paper shows that electoral incentives affect the occurrence of trade disputes. Focusing on WTO disputes filed by the United States during the 1995-2012 period, we show that U.S. presidents are more likely to initiate a dispute in the year preceding their re-election date. Moreover, disputes...
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Fair apportionment in the view of the Venice Commission's recommendation
Biró, Péter; Kóczy, László Á.; Sziklai, Balázs - 2013
In this paper we analyze the consequences of the fairness recommendation of the Venice Commission in allocating voting districts among larger administrative regions. This recommendation requires the size of any constituency not to differ from the average constituency size by more than a fixed...
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Policy uncertainty and manufacturing investment : evidence from U.S. State elections
Shelton, Cameron A.; Falk, Nathan - 2016 - This draft: March 2016
We estimate the effect of electorally induced policy uncertainty on investment in the manufacturing sector. Because state governors exercise considerable influence over legislation and considerable discretion over regulation and permitting, and because the policies relevant to business...
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Baccini, Leonardo; Brodeur, Abel; Weymouth, Stephen - 2021
What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 U.S. presidential election? Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we estimate the effect of COVID- 19 cases and deaths on the change in county-level voting for Donald Trump between 2016 and 2020. To account for potential confounders, we include a...
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Baccini, Leonardo; Brodeur, Abel; Weymouth, Stephen - 2020
What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 U.S. presidential election? Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we estimate the effect of COVID- 19 cases and deaths on the change in county-level voting for Donald Trump between 2016 and 2020. To account for potential confounders, we include a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012311095
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Gender differences in political career progression : evidence from U.S. elections
Brown, Ryan; Mansour, Hani; O'Connell, Stephen D.; … - 2019
and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100340
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Politics in the Facebook era evidence from the 2016 US presidential elections
Liberini, Federica; Redoano, Michela; Russo, Antonio; … - 2020
Through social media, politicians can personalize their campaigns and target specific groups of voters with an unprecedented precision. We assess the effects of such political micro-targeting by exploiting daily advertising prices on Facebook during the 2016 US presidential campaign. We measure...
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