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influential studies of congressional voting by Poole and Rosenthal. Congressmen vote on more than ideology. Issue …-specific attributes are an important determinant of congressional" voting patterns. The estimated dimension is too large for the median … voter model to describe congressional voting …
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influential studies of congressional voting by Poole and Rosenthal. Congressmen vote on more than ideology. Issue …-specific attributes are an important determinant of congressional" voting patterns. The estimated dimension is too large for the median … voter model to describe congressional voting …
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directly measure religious organizations ́power to shape human decision making. We employ an objective measure of voters … recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a … crucial role in voting decisions. …
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measure religious organizations power to shape human decision making. We employ an objective measure of voters commitment to … recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a … crucial role in voting decisions. …
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politicians who vote against the party line in roll-call votes. The results do not show that parties account for the voting …
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This paper examines the effect of immigration on the level of income redistribution via majority voting on the income … natives. It is found that at best, natives are indifferent towards immigrant voting, and the outcome of a corresponding …
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ask if decision makers are blamed for being pivotal if they implement an unpopular outcome in a sequential voting process …. We conduct an experimental voting game in which decision makers vote about the allocation of money between themselves and … more for an unpopular voting outcome than non ]pivotal decision makers. Our data also suggest that some voters avoid being …
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Does poor air quality affect decision-making? We study this question based on elections, in which millions of people … significantly affects voting behavior. An increase in the concentration of PM10 by 10μg/m3 - around two within-county standard …
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This paper investigates the impact of emigration on the political choice regarding the size of the welfare state. Mobility has two countervailing effects: the political participation effect and the tax base effect. With emigration, the composition of the constituency changes. This increases the...
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