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No Surprises, Please: Voting Costs and Electoral Turnout
Alipour, Jean-Victor; Lindlacher, Valentin - 2022
drop in turnout is only transitory as mail-in votes balance the decline in in-person votes in subsequent elections. This …-in ballots. Some inattentive voters forgo voting today but turn to mail-in voting in ensuing elections. Our results are in line …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013353371
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Love is blind: Partisan alignment and political corruption in Spain
Borrella Mas, Miguel Ángel; Rode, Martin - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 3, pp. 423-451
Ever since the spectacular boom and bust cycle of the Spanish real estate industry, endemic corruption at the local …-explored political determinant, this paper investigates the effect of local and regional alignment in fomenting corruption at the Spanish … elections. Findings show aligned municipalities to be more corrupt than non-aligned ones, an effect that is further associated …
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The political economy of bank bailouts
Behn, Markus; Haselmann, Rainer; Kick, Thomas; Vig, Vikrant - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500554
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What Determines Preferences for an Electoral System? Evidence from a Binding Referendum
Riambau, Guillem; Stillman, Steven; Boe-Gibson, Geua - 2017
Much has been written about politicians' preferences for electoral systems, yet little is known about the preferences of voters. In 1993, New Zealand had a binding electoral referendum on the same day as the general election where voters chose between keeping a single plurality system (First...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744699
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The political economy of bank bailouts
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456861
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The political economy of bank bailouts
Behn, Markus; Haselmann, Rainer; Kick, Thomas; Vig, Vikrant - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010499596
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No surprises, please : voting costs and electoral turnout
Alipour, Jean-Victor; Lindlacher, Valentin - 2022
drop in turnout is only transitory as mail-in votes balance the decline in in-person votes in subsequent elections. This …-in ballots. Some inattentive voters forgo voting today but turn to mail-in voting in ensuing elections. Our results are in line …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013202409
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What determines preferences for an electoral system? : evidence from a binding referendum
Riambau, Guillem; Stillman, Steven; Boe-Gibson, Geua - 2017
Much has been written about politicians' preferences for electoral systems, yet little is known about the preferences of voters. In 1993, New Zealand had a binding electoral referendum on the same day as the general election where voters chose between keeping a single plurality system (First...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731918
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The political economy of bank bailouts
Behn, Markus; Haselmann, Rainer; Kick, Thomas; Vig, Vikrant - House of Finance, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213913
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Bogotá: the collapse of a political machine
Santos, Rafael - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2007
In Bogotá the 1991 reforms obstructed a market for votes. Clientelism lost itseffectiveness; citizens developed a vote of opinion and the city showed an outstanding performance in the provision of public goods and social services. This story is illustrated with a novel panel data at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014520