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The politics of public service reform : experimental evidence from Liberia
Sandholtz, Wayne Aaron - 2023
This paper provides experimental evidence on the electoral effect of a large education reform in a developing democracy. Despite significantly improving school quality, the policy reduced the incumbent party's presidential vote share by 3 percentage points (10%). This does not imply that voters...
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Europa wählt: Wen interessiert's und warum? Einstellungen der Deutschen zur EU-Wahl und Europapolitik
Diermeier, Matthias; Niehues, Judith; Sultan, Samina - 2024
Die vorliegende Studie zeigt auf Basis der IW-Personenbefragung 2024, dass rund 62 Prozent der Deutschen die Wahl des Europäischen Parlaments für wichtig halten. Dies ist das Ergebnis unter rund 5.200 Befragten. Der Anteil liegt damit in etwa so hoch wie die Wahlbeteiligung im Jahr 2019. Die...
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Europa wählt : wen interessiert's und warum? : Einstellungen der Deutschen zur EU-Wahl und Europapolitik
Diermeier, Matthias; Niehues, Judith; Sultan, Samina - 2024 - Stand: Juni 2024
Die vorliegende Studie zeigt auf Basis der IW-Personenbefragung 2024, dass rund 62 Prozent der Deutschen die Wahl des Europäischen Parlaments für wichtig halten. Dies ist das Ergebnis unter rund 5.200 Befragten. Der Anteil liegt damit in etwa so hoch wie die Wahlbeteiligung im Jahr 2019. Die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014547933
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Political Parties and Election Fraud
Sjoberg, Fredrik M. - 2013
Autocrats face a dilemma. Continue with fraudulent electoral practices and risk revolt, or reduce fraud and risk losing elections. One solution is to structure electoral governance such that it allows for independence and professionalism at the center, lending credibility to the electoral...
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Retelling the Story of the 2017 French Presidential Election : The Contribution of Approval Voting
Baujard, Antoinette; Lebon, Isabelle - 2020
source of information on voters’ preferences: experimental data on approval voting. We provide a new narrative of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014094202
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Eat Widely, Vote Wisely? Lessons from a Campaign Against Vote Buying in Uganda
Blattman, Christopher; Larreguy, Horacio; Marx, Benjamin; … - 2019
some voters to abandon norms of reciprocity — thus accepting gifts from politicians but voting for their preferred …
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Eat widely, vote wisely : lessons from a campaign against vote buying in Uganda
Blattman, Christopher; Larreguy, Horacio; Marx, Benjamin M. - 2024
We study a large-scale intervention designed by civil society organizations to reduce vote buying in Uganda’s 2016 elections. We study this intervention in light of a model where incumbents benefit from a first-mover and valence advantage, vote buying and campaigning are complementary, and...
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#EleNão : economic crisis, the political gender gap, and the election of Bolsonaro
Barros, Laura; Santos Silva, Manuel - 2020 - This version: March 1, 2020
After more than one decade of sustained economic growth, accompanied by falling poverty and inequality, Brazil has been hit by an economic recession starting in 2014. This paper investigates the consequences of this labor market shock for the victory of far-right Jair Bolsonaro in the 2018...
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Electoral earthquake : natural disasters and the geography of discontent
Cerqua, Augusto; Ferrante, Chiara; Letta, Marco - 2021
The recent literature on the determinants of populism has highlighted the role of long-term trends of progressive … earthquakes in Italy resulted in sharply diverging electoral outcomes: while the 2012 Emilia quake did not alter voting behaviour …, the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake paved the way for an impressive and persistent surge in right-wing populism in the most …
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Dancing with the populist: new parties, electoral rules and Italian municipal elections
Bordignon, Massimo; Colussi, Tommaso - 2020
This paper develops a theoretical framework that makes predictions on (a) the conditions under which a populist party decides to run and the policy position it takes and (b) voters' response under different electoral systems. We test these predictions using data on Italian municipal elections...
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