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Junge, Marin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015

We develop a theoretical model regarding the migration of dual-earner couples and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases with the income of the primary earner, whereas the income of the secondary earner may...

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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 …

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Choosing a champion : party membership and policy platform

Anderson, Simon P.; Meagher, Kieron J. - 2012

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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...

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Party governance and the selection of parliamentarians

Beniers, Klaas J. - 2005

This paper examines the incentives for a party leader in office and for a parties' rank-and-file to replace a sitting member of parliament. As to the leader's decision, we show that the leader prefers to replace a critical member of parliament who votes against the leader's policy. A competent...

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Party cues in elections under multilevel governance : theory and evidence from US states

Geys, Benny; Vermeir, Jan - 2012

performance of their leaders. In this article, we analyse how party cues (i.e., politicians' party membership acting as a cue … towards their characteristics) affect voters' incomplete information about politicians in a federal setting. We first of all … show that party cues allow indirect inference regarding politicians using observed policy outcomes, alleviating the …

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So closed : political selection in proportional systems

Galasso, Vincenzo; Nannicini, Tommaso - 2015

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Smooth Politicians and Paternalistic Voters : A Theory of Large Elections

Faravelli, Marco - 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/10013120312

The Party's Primary Preferences : Race, Gender, and Party Support of Congressional Primary Candidates

Hassell, Hans J.G. - 2019

Party support has a strong influence on candidate success in the primary. What remains unexplored is whether party actions during the primary are biased along racial and gender lines. Using candidate demographic data at the congressional level and measures of party support for primary...

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Political Branding : The New-Age Mantra for Political Leaders and Parties

Kumar, Amit - 2017

Branding as a phenomenon has effected many a change in the contemporary world. There is hardly any aspect of modern society which is untouched by it. The varied manifestations of branding have found resonance in most aspects of day-to-day life. Politics is one such arena which has come under the...

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