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Partisan bias in inflation expectations
Bachmann, Oliver; Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2019
We examine partisan bias in inflation expectations. Our dataset includes inflation expectations of the New York Fed … disentangle the extent to which political ideology and other individual characteristics predict inflation expectations: around 25 … based on how partisans respond to changes in the White House’s occupant (partisan bias). The results also corroborate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113604
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Partisan bias in inflation expectations
Bachmann, Oliver; Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2019
We examine partisan bias in inflation expectations. Our dataset includes inflation expectations of the New York Fed … disentangle the extent to which political ideology and other individual characteristics predict inflation expectations: around 25 … on how partisans respond to changes in the White House's occupant (partisan bias). The results also corroborate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119953
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Flip-Flopping : Ideological Adjustment Costs in the United States Senate
DeBacker, Jason Matthew - 2008
Models of electoral competition in which candidates can change position at no cost predict the convergence of platforms in a two-candidate election. Such convergence is at odds with empirical observation. In this paper, I undertake a study of candidate positioning in the United States Senate and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218121
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On the nature of equilibria in a Downsian model with candidate valence
Hummel, Patrick - In: Games and economic behavior 70 (2010) 2, pp. 425-445
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009242465
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Flight to safety : 2020 Democratic primary election results and Covid-19
Bisbee, James; Honig, Dan - In: Covid economics : vetted and real-time papers (2020) 3, pp. 54-84
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012209976
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Go divisive or not? : how political campaigns affect turnout
Gennaioli, Caterina - 2010
This paper studies how political competition can lead candidates to strategically increase the salience of specific issues, in order to influence voting decisions of marginal groups, with non trivial consequences for turnout rates. In my setup issues differ in their divisiveness, to be defined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008807631
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Tainted money? : contribution limits and the effectiveness of campaign spending
Stratmann, Thomas - 2003
Campaign expenditures are not effective in increasing candidates vote shares if voters do not respond to the advertisement when they believe that campaign expenditures are financed with tainted money. In this situation, limiting contributions may reduce the number of policy favors that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509494
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Pack-Crack-Pack : Gerrymandering with Differential Turnout
Bouton, Laurent; Génicot, Garance; Castanheira, Micael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper studies the manipulation of electoral maps by political parties, known as gerrymandering. At the core of our analysis is the recognition that districts must have the same population size but only voters matter for electoral incentives. Using a novel model of gerrymandering that allows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322829
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Presidential coattails versus the median voter : Senator selection in US elections
Halberstam, Yosh; Montagnes, B. Pablo - In: Journal of public economics 121 (2015), pp. 40-51
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334555
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Explaining variation in the competitiveness of US Senate elections ; 1922 - 2004
Winer, Stanley L.; Kenny, Lawrence W.; Grofman, Bernard - In: Public choice 161 (2014) 3/4, pp. 471-497
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