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The right look : conservative politicians look better and voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015
Since good-looking politicians win more votes, a beauty advantage for politicians on the left or on the right is bound … to have political consequences. We show that politicians on the right look more beautiful in Europe, the United States … candidates and that politicians on the right benefit more from beauty in low-information elections. Evidence from real and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289386
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The right look : conservative politicians look better and voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - In: Journal of public economics 146 (2017), pp. 79-86
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Smooth politicians and paternalistic voters : a theory of large elections
Faravelli, Marco; Walsh, Randall P. - 2011
"We propose a new game theoretic approach to modeling large elections that overcomes the "paradox of voting" in a costly voting framework, without reliance on the assumption of ad hoc preferences for voting. The key innovation that we propose is the adoption of a "smooth" policy rule under which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310346
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Opportunist politicians and the evolution of electoral competition
Laslier, Jean-François; Öztürk Göktuna, Bilge - In: Journal of evolutionary economics : JEE 26 (2016) 2, pp. 381-406
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Sorting of candidates: evidence from 20,000 electoral ballots
Svitáková, Klára; Šoltés, Michal - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012302280
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Open or closed? : how list type affects electoral performance, candidate selection, and campaign effort
Hangartner, Dominik; Ruiz, Nelson A.; Tukiainen, Janne - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138052
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Political marketing in the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Gillies, Jamie (ed.) - 2022
This book focuses on the U.S. presidential election spectacle, from the primaries through to the November 2020 election and the subsequent events leading up to the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president. A follow-up to Political Marketing in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, it...
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How do candidates' looks affect their election chances? : looks matter and can tip the scales between the right and left
Poutvaara, Panu - 2017
. Candidate appearance may be especially important for uninformed voters, as it is easy to observe. Voters may favor good … eyes on beautiful politicians. As politicians on the right have been deemed more attractive in Europe, the US, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011658643
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The right look: Conservative politicians look better and their voters reward it
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2011
appearance of 1,357 Finnish political candidates. We find that political candidates on the right are better looking in both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278420
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The Right Look: Conservative Politicians Look Better and Voters Reward It
Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2010
Australia, Finland, France, and the United States. This appearance gap gives candidates on the right an advantage in elections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320237