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Behn, Markus; Haselmann, Rainer; Kick, Thomas; Vig, Vikrant - 2016

In this paper, we examine how the institutional design affects the outcome of bank bailout decisions. In the German savings bank sector, distress events can be resolved by local politicians or a state-level association. We show that decisions by local politicians with close links to the bank are...

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Testing the improved third vote during the 2018 election of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology student parliament

Tangian, Andranik S. - 2018

democracy "more representative" and "more democratic". This method has been approbated during the 2016 and 2017 elections of the …

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Threat of Internet Platforms: Facebook, Google, etc.

Alleman, James - 2018

Free!! Google and Facebook!!! We all know them, what to worry about? Everything! The giants of the internet are expanding into every corner of the economy, politics and our lives. They control the majority of digital advertising; Alphabet, Google's parent, and Facebook receive more than 60...

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Political Participation / National Election Study

Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger - 2009

elections) with a constant logistic and methodological support infrastructure by GESIS, and on the long run by providing a …

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Extra votes to signal loyalty: Regional political cycles and national elections in Russia

Sidorkin, Oleg; Vorobyev, Dmitriy - 2018

in national-level elections were crucial to their likelihood of being re-appointed for the next term. In this paper, we … on the stage of his term at which elections are held. If elections are held close to the expiration of a governor … across Russian regions in national-level elections held between 2007-2012 were substantially higher when elections were …

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Internet Platforms' Threats: Facebook, Google, etc.

Alleman, James - 2018

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A banana republic? The effects of inconsistencies in the counting of votes on voting behavior

Potrafke, Niklas; Roesel, Felix - 2018

We examine whether local inconsistencies in the counting of votes influence voting behavior. We exploit the case of the second ballot of the 2016 presidential election in Austria. The ballot needed to be repeated because postal votes were counted carelessly in individual electoral districts...

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Electoral cycles in perceived corruption: International empirical evidence

Potrafke, Niklas - 2018

than in other years, indicating that perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is … especially pronounced before early elections (1.0 points) compared to regular elections (0.4 points). Future research needs to … investigate why perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. …

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Electoral Cycles in Perceived Corruption: International Empirical Evidence

Potrafke, Niklas - 2018

I examine whether elections influence perceived corruption in the public sector. Perceived corruption in the public … perceived corruption in the public sector increased before elections. The effect is especially pronounced before early elections … (1.0 points) compared to regular elections (0.4 points). Future research needs to investigate why perceived corruption in …

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Forming Voting Blocs and Coalitions as a Prisoner's Dilemma: A Possible Theoretical Explanation for Political Instability

Gelman, Andrew - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 2 (2003) 1, pp. 1-14

Individuals in a committee or election can increase their voting power by forming coalitions. This behavior is shown here to yield a prisoner's dilemma, in which a subset of voters can increase their power, while reducing average voting power for the electorate as a whole. This is an unusual...

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