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Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions : quasi-experimental evidence from Germany ; conference paper

Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana - 2014

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Experimental evidence that quorum rules discourage turnout and promote election boycotts

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Electoral thresholds and political outcomes: quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Germany

Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana - 2013

In 2001, the state parliament of the German federal state of Hesse abolished a 5 percent legal electoral threshold for local elections. This reform had a stronger effect on municipalities with larger councils because implicit electoral thresholds decrease with council size. Exploiting...

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