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Minority groups and success in election primaries
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2018
In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in … woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral success, candidates who belong to two minority groups have an advantage … in the race. In some cases of candidates belonging to two minority groups, their chances of success are not only higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810012
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Minority Groups and Success in Election Primaries
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2018
In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in … woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral success, candidates who belong to two minority groups have an advantage … in the race. In some cases of candidates belonging to two minority groups, their chances of success are not only higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011797105
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Minority groups and success in election primaries
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2018
In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in … woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral success, candidates who belong to two minority groups have an advantage … in the race. In some cases of candidates belonging to two minority groups, their chances of success are not only higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131239
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Candidate strategies in primaries and general elections with candidates of heterogeneous quality
Hummel, Patrick - In: Games and Economic Behavior 78 (2013) C, pp. 85-102
I consider a model in which candidates of differing quality must win a primary election to compete in the general election. I show that there is an equilibrium in which Democrats choose liberal policies and Republicans choose conservative policies, but higher quality candidates choose more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011049727
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Who will be idol? The importance of social networks for winning on reality shows
Heizler, Odelia; Kimhi, Ayal - 2010
This paper examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of social networks and belonging to minority groups (or race) on the probability of winning in reality television shows. We develop a theoretical model that studies viewer behavior by presenting a framework of competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272669
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Shifting Punishment on Minorities: Experimental Evidence of Scapegoating
Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; Chytilová, Julie; … - 2021
This paper provides experimental evidence showing that members of a majority group systematically shift punishment on innocent members of an ethnic minority. We develop a new incentivized task, the Punishing the Scapegoat Game, to measure how injustice affecting a member of one's own group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658187
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Shifting punishment on minorities: experimental evidence of scapegoating
Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; Chytilová, Julie; … - 2021
This paper provides experimental evidence showing that members of a majority group systematically shift punishment on innocent members of an ethnic minority. We develop a new incentivized task, the Punishing the Scapegoat Game, to measure how injustice affecting a member of one's own group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012596355
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Linguistic and Economic Characteristics of Francophone Minorities in Canada: A Comparison of Ontario and New Brunswick.
Grenier, G - Département d'Économie / Department of Economics, … - 1996
well they have done in preserving their identity and in achieving economic success. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005368917
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The Netherlands; Old Emigrants - Young Immigrant Country.
van Ours, J.C.; Veenman, J. - CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg - 1999
Since the mid 1960s the Netherlands has an immigration surplus, mainly because of manpower recruitment from Turkey and Morocco and because of immigration from the former Dutch colony of Surinam. Immigrant workers have a weak labour market position, which is mainly related to their educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005618647
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Adverse Selection in Clubs and the Demand for Nondiscriminatory Equal Access Policies vs. Quotas.
Mumy, G-E - Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka … - 1996
Because of very concrete knowledge of race and sex discrimination, a particularly important class of peer group effects arise when agents of one type want to associate with agents of another type, while agents of that other type prefer association among themselves. Competitive provision in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602954