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Voters elect politicians who closely matched their preferences

Portmann, Marco; Stadelmann, David; Eichenberger, Reiner - 2012

What determines political candidates' election prospects' We match roll call votes of candidates for the majority elected upper house of parliament who were previously in the lower house with revealed preferences of their constituency. Thereby, we obtain a direct measure of past congruence....

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Income and policy choices: Evidence from parliamentary decisions and referenda

Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco; Eichenberger, Reiner - 2014

We analyze political representation of preferences of different income groups by matching referendum outcomes for low …. Representation of income groups varies according to legislators' party affiliations. …

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Voting on Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Citizens More Supportive than Politicians

Stadelmann, David; Torgler, Benno - 2016

As the public debate over stem cell research continues, the observable voting behaviour in Switzerland offers a unique opportunity to compare the voting behaviour of politicians with that of voters. In this paper, by analysing the outcomes of a referendum on a liberal new bill regulating such...

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Local candidates and distributive politics under closed-list proportional representation

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill H.; Smith, Daniel M. - 2018

Geographic representation is an important consideration in candidate nominations, even under closed-list proportional … representation (PR), and may even matter for distributive policy outcomes. However, since nominations are determined strategically …, the causal effects of local representation are difficult to identify. We investigate the relationship between local …

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Distributional consequences of political representation : conference paper

Maaser, Nicola; Stratmann, Thomas - 2014

We investigate the geographical concentration of representatives and the distribution of fiscal transfers both theoretically and empirically. We develop a model which predicts that funds to an area are positively correlated with the number of representatives residing in that area. Our empirical...

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Women's political representation and intimate partner violence

Anukriti, S; Erten, Bilge; Mukherjee, Priya - 2022

We estimate the impact of female leaders on intimate partner violence experienced by women in districts from which they are elected. Exposure to female leaders in state legislatures in India increases the likelihood that female constituents in rural areas report experiencing physical violence...

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Revisiting the link between PAC contributions and lobbying expenditures

Lake, James - Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics - 2015

Data on campaign contributions of PACs (political action committees) in the US does not contain the PACs' issues of concern. Additionally, while recent US lobbying data details the issues of concern for an interest group, it does not detail the Congressional representatives lobbied by the...

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Campaign Contributions and Political Polarization

Tarhan, Simge - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Political candidates raise campaign funds from a variety of sources. Whether contributions from certain sources should be restricted has been the subject of debate in the U.S. since the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. I contribute to this debate by showing that the source of contributions...

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Do Campaign Finance Policies Really Improve Voters' Welfare?

Gregorini, Filippo; Pavesi, Filippo - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2011

In an electoral race, interest groups will be willing to finance political candidates’ campaigns in return for favors that are costly to voters. Starting from the empirical observation of split contributions, we develop a theoretical model of directly informative campaign advertising with...

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A MultiDimensional Signaling Model of Campaign Finance

Daley, Brendan; Snowberg, Erik - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research … - 2007

We develop a dynamic multi-dimensional signaling model of campaign finance in which candidates can signal their ability by enacting policy and/or raising and spending campaign funds, both of which are costly. Our model departs from the existing literature in that candidates do not need to...

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