. The election system practiced in Romania does not provide incentives for candidates to develop a competitive election bid …The accession of Romania to the European Union on the 1st of January, 2007, after the Accession Treaty, signed on the … governing the electoral market. Our country organized in May 2014, for the third time, elections for the European Parliament …

We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates … German election system that combines first-past-the-post election with party-list proportional representation, our results …

We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates … German election system that combines first-past-the-post election with party-list proportional representation, our results …

regional districts for elections to the European Parliament. Analysis of the 2001, 2004 and 2008 Senate elections suggests that … reforms. Examining the 2004 and 2009 European Parliament elections, we find that the change to eight regional districts had an … adverse effect on the election of female MEPs, primarily because fewer women headed the regional party lists. Party …

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