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Grüne und AfD als neue Gegenpole der gesellschaftlichen Spaltung in Deutschland

Franz, Christian; Fratzscher, Marcel; Kritikos, Alexander - In: DIW Wochenbericht 86 (2019) 34, pp. 591-602

Die Europawahl 2019 hat in Deutschland markante regionale Unterschiede im Wahlverhalten aufgezeigt. Im Vergleich zur Bundestagswahl verzeichnen vor allem die Grünen starke Stimmengewinne in westdeutschen Kreisen, während die AfD ihren Erfolg in den ostdeutschen Kreisen konsolidieren kann....

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At opposite poles: How the success of the Green Party and AfD reflects the geographical and social cleavages in Germany

Franz, Christian; Fratzscher, Marcel; Kritikos, Alexander - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 34, pp. 289-300

German voters in the 2019 European election showed remarkable regional differences in their voting behavior. The Green Party surged in West German districts, while the AfD further consolidated its successes in East Germany. Investigating structural differences at the district level reveals that...

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At opposite poles: How the success of the Green Party and AfD reflects the geographical and social cleavages in Germany

Franz, Christian; Fratzscher, Marcel; Kritikos, Alexander - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 34, pp. 289-300

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Incentives dominate selection: Chamber-changing legislators are driven by electoral rules and voter preferences

Portmann, Marco; Stadelmann, David; Eichenberger, Reiner - 2019

The role of electoral incentives vs. selection is ideally analyzed in a setting where the same legislators are selected to decide on policies under different electoral rules and where voter preferences on policies can be precisely measured. This is the first paper to look at such a situation....

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Portfolio Managers and Elections in Emerging Economies: How investors dislike political uncertainty

Frot, Emmanuel; Santiso, Javier - 2010

This paper studies the effect of elections and democracy on bond and equity flows to emerging countries. Our results … indicate that elections affect portfolio flows: the period following an election is generally characterised by a fall in equity … uncertainty about future policies plays a key role in explaining the effect of elections. Bond flows decrease after an election …

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Inter-municipal cooperation in administrative tasks - the role of population dynamics and elections

Bischoff, Ivo; Wolfschütz, Eva - 2019

We analyze the factors driving the emergence of inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) in tasks of internal administration in West-Germany between 2001 and 2014. In line with the Institutional Collective Action Approach, we find similarities in political ideology to foster cooperation. Cost pressure...

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Tackling the Bundestag growth by introducing fraction-valued votes

Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2019

Currently, only China has a parliament larger than the German Bundestag, which continues to grow due to the increasing number of overhang mandates. In 2016, Norbert Lammert, then president of the Bundestag, proposed to restrict it to 630 members by allocating mandates according to quotas for...

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Representation of the people: Franchise extension and the "Sinn Féin election" in Ireland, 1918

De Bromhead, Alan; Fernihough, Alan; Hargaden, Enda - 2018

Electoral reforms in 1918 nearly tripled the number of people eligible to vote in Ireland. Following the reforms - the largest franchise extensions in UK history - the previously obscure Sinn Féin party secured 73 of Ireland's 105 seats, an outcome that presaged a guerrilla war and ultimately...

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Rent-seeking and the polarization of politics

Klingelhöfer, Jan - 2018

I present a model in which a centrist electorate leads to partisan politics and vice versa. A centrist electorate benefits from an equilibrium in which only ideological politicians are elected in so far as ideological politicians are willing to give up more rents in return for a higher chance of...

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Election Observation in Nigeria and Madagascar: Diplomatic vs. Technocratic Bias

Kohnert, Dirk - In: Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) 31 (2004) 99, pp. 83-101

observation of transitional elections in Nigeria and Madagascar, will serve to illustrate this hypothesis and its consequences for …RÉSUMÉ "L' observation des élections au Nigeria et à Madagascar: partialité diplomatique versus biais technocratique … ». Cette dernier peut être au moins aussi nuisible à l'objectif déclaré de l'observation des élections que l'ancien. Deux …

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