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both the 2007 and 2010 Federal elections, we are struck by the paucity of falsifiable predictions, with most pundits …
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We analyze how the introduction of the voting advice application (VAA) smartvote affects voter turnout, voting behavior and electoral outcomes. The Swiss context offers an ideal setting to identify the causal effects of online information with aggregate real world data because smartvote was...
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We study the effect of economic insecurity on electoral outcomes using data on municipal elections in Italy. We …
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There is surprisingly little evidence on how terror attacks impact elections. With only a few exceptions, previous …
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has a hard time providing an instrumental explanation for the existence of "accountability journalism". According to the … apply when a group of voters shares a common goal such as accountability and information is delivered via mass media. In …
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We show that a large electorate of ignorant voters can succeed in establishing high levels of electoral accountability … performance. We find that the accountability problem can be solved well in the sense that the incumbent exerts effort as if she …
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