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The topic of neighbourhood-based social interactions has gained attention in the last decades in the light of urban … investigating to which extent neighbourhood characteristics can improve social contacts among residents are scarce and inconclusive …. Therefore, this paper studies the role of socio-demographics and neighbourhood characteristics in the formation of social …
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This paper examines the incentives for a party leader in office and for a parties' rank-and-file to replace a sitting member of parliament. As to the leader's decision, we show that the leader prefers to replace a critical member of parliament who votes against the leader's policy. A competent...
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The beauty premium in politics shows that attractive politicians are more likely to get elected to office than less attractive politicians, but little is known about whether beauty also shapes the behavior of members of parliament (MPs) once in office. We use newly collected data on the...
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