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Report to the Minister of Public Service and Information on the general election, 1984

Mogae, Festus G. - 1984

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Elections and parliamentary democracy in Botswana

Wiseman, John A. - In: The world today 36 (1980) 2, pp. 72-78

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A note on the 1974 general election in Botswana and the U.B.L.S. election study

Parson, Jack - In: Vierteljahresberichte / Forschungsinstitut der … 63 (1976), pp. 39-48

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Botswana votes : parties and elections in an African democracy

Polhemus, James H. - In: The journal of modern African studies : a quarterly … 21 (1983) 3, pp. 397-430

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Politicians' Motivation, Role of Elections, and Policy Choices

Wrasai, Phongthorn - 2005

We develop a simple two period model to study the importance of motivational differences among politicians in describing the role of elections and explaining policy choices. In our model, politicians differ in their motives of running public office. Good politicians care about policies while bad...

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Competing on good politicians

Galasso, Vincenzo; Nannicini, Tommaso - 2009

Is electoral competition good for political selection? To address this issue, we introduce a theoretical model in which ideological parties select candidates between party loyalists and experts, and allocate them into the electoral districts. Non-ideological voters, who care about national and...

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Incentive Contracts for Politicians

Liessem, Verena - 2003

Verträge sollen die durch die Wahl ausgeübte Kontrolle der Politiker unterstützen.Es werden zwei Arten von Anreizverträgen …Die Dissertation untersucht mit spieltheoretischen Methoden das Potential von Anreizverträgen für Politiker. Diese … betrachtet: a) monetäre Anreizverträge, die den Politiker belohnen, falls er wiedergewählt wurde; b) Schwellenverträge, die das …

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Beauty in Politics

Poutvaara, Panu - In: CESifo Forum 18 (2017) 1, pp. 37-43

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Elections, Contracts and Markets

Gersbach, Hans; Müller, Markus - 2006

As the performance of long-term projects is not observable in the short run politicians may pander to public opinion. To solve this problem, we propose a triple mechanism involving political information markets, reelection threshold contracts, and democratic elections. An information market is...

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Unraveling Short- and Farsightedness in Politics

Gersbach, Hans; Ponta, Oriana - 2012

The absence of the deselection threat in incumbents’ last term in office can be negative or positive for society. Some politicians may reduce their efforts, while others may pursue beneficial long-term policies that may be unpopular in the short term. We propose a novel pension system that...

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