We explore the effect of oil import price shocks on political outcomes using a worldwide dataset on elections of chief …

earthquakes in Italy resulted in sharply diverging electoral outcomes: while the 2012 Emilia quake did not alter voting behaviour …

than in other years, indicating that perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is … especially pronounced before early elections (1.0 points) compared to regular elections (0.4 points). Future research needs to … investigate why perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. …

I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections … (1.0 points) compared to regular elections (0.4 points). Future research needs to investigate why perceived corruption in …

an imbalanced panel of 628 national elections in 55 countries over 60 years. A first novelty is our reliance on both …

Voting power in voting situations is measured by the probability of changing decisions by altering the cast 'yes' or … change decisions. This theory is often applied to weighted voting situations, where voters can cast multiple votes. Measuring … reected by a voting game that is not any more simple. We use data from Scotland, Hungary and a number of other countries both …

This paper provides new empirical evidence on policy-makers' voting patterns on interest rates. Applying (pooled …) Taylor-type rules and using real-time information available from published inflation reports and voting records, the paper …