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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 and Australia. Our explanation is that beautiful people...
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The size and scope of government in the US states : does party ideology matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
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Historical political futures markets : an international perspective
Rhode, Paul W.; Strumpf, Koleman S. - 2008
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Trust in public institutions over the business cycle
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2011
We document that trust in public institutions "and particularly trust in banks, business and government" has declined … the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …
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Electoral cycles, partisan effects and U.S. naturalization policies
Drometer, Marcus; Méango, Romuald - 2017
naturalizations in presidential election years and during the terms of Democratic incumbents. We then investigate the dynamics of an …
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The urgent need for an economics of "hategoatism"
Payson, Steven - 2019
government workers). Economists must lead by example by combating hategoatism, and that requires cleaning their own house first. …
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Beyond performance legitimacy: procedural legitimacy and discontent in China
Birney, Mayling - 2017
Conventional wisdom maintains that the Chinese Communist Party is upheld by performance-based legitimacy. Yet what about procedural legitimacy? Analyzing national survey data on China, this study finds that governance procedures affect the legitimacy of subnational levels of governing, if not...
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Political ideology and economic freedom
Bjørnskov, Christian (contributor) - 2005
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Ideology and the growth of government
Pickering, Andrew C. (contributor);  … - 2007
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General or central government? : empirical evidence on political cycles in budget composition using new data for OECD countries
Potrafke, Niklas - 2020
governments and in election years; especially in federal states. Effects of government ideology on the individual expenditure …Previous studies used general government data to examine whether national governments' electoral motives and ideology … categories are larger at the central than general government level. Scholars need to re-examine results on ideology …
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