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Incumbency, party identity and governmental lead : evidence for heterogeneous incumbency effects for Germany

Ade, Florian; Freier, Ronny; Odendahl, Christian - 2011

government and opposition? We first present a theoretical discussion on the possible heterogeneity of incumbency effects in a … in government. This effect is robust and shows even in state elections that are unrelated to federal elections - calling …

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Divided government versus incumbency externality effect : quasi-experimental evidence on multiple voting decisions

Ade, Florian; Freier, Ronny - 2011

externality effect as well as a preference for divided government effect in opposite directions. -- Regression discontinuity … design ; municipality data ; local election results ; divided government effect ; incumbency externality effect …

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Divided government versus incumbency externality effect : quasi-experimental evidence on multiple voting decisions

Ade, Florian; Freier, Ronny - 2011 - This Version: August 30, 2011

preferences for divided government. -- regression discontinuity design ; municipality data ; local election results ; divided … government effect ; incumbency externality effect …

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Religious heterogeneity and fiscal policy : evidence from German reunification

Freier, Ronny; Geys, Benny; Holm, Joshua - 2013

Theoretical work based on social identity theory and in-group favoritism predicts that increased population diversity (e.g., due to immigration) reduces support for redistributive public policies. In this article, we add to the empirical literature testing this prediction in three ways. First,...

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How close is your government to its people? : worldwide indicators on localization and decentralization

Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - 2014

This paper provides a unique data set on local governance. This dataset measures government decisionmaking at the local … level, i.e. the level of government closest to the people. By contrast, the existing literature has focused on … "decentralization index" and are then adjusted for heterogeneity to develop a "government closeness index". …

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The challenge of public capabilities for successful productive development policies : hopeless task or pragmatic program?

Cornick, Jorge; Fernández Arias, Eduardo; Stein, Ernesto - 2016

This paper discusses the organizational structure and technical, operational and political capabilities required for successful productive development policies (PDPs). It also discusses how countries can match their PDPs to existing capabilities, as well as expand their capabilities in the long...

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Finding your right (or left) partner to merge

Bruns, Benjamin; Freier, Ronny; Schumann, Abel - 2015

We study political determinants of municipality amalgamations during a boundary reform in the German state of Brandenburg, which reduced the number of municipalities from 1,489 to 421. The analysis is conducted using an extensive data set on the political decision makers as well as fiscal and...

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A participação das ONGS nas políticas públicas : o ponto de vista de gestores federais

Lopez, Felix Garcia; Abreu, Rafael - 2014

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Finding your right (or left) partner to merge

Bruns, Benjamin; Freier, Ronny; Schumann, Abel - 2015

We study political determinants of municipality amalgamations during a boundary reform in the German state of Brandenburg, which reduced the number of municipalities from 1,489 to 421. The analysis is conducted using data on the political decision makers as well as fiscal and socio-economic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010503875

Incumbency as the major advantage : the electoral advantage for parties of incumbent mayors

Freier, Ronny - 2011

This paper provides empirical evidence on the party incumbency advantage in mayoral elections in Germany. Using a regression discontinuity design on a data set of about 25,000 elections, I estimate a causal incumbency effect of 38-40 percentage points in the probability of winning the next mayor...

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