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What shapes the quality and behavior of government officials? : institutional variation in selection and retention methods
Lim, Claire S. H.; Snyder, James M. Jr. - In: Annual review of economics 13 (2021), pp. 87-109
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Presidential coattails versus the median voter : Senator selection in US elections
Halberstam, Yosh; Montagnes, B. Pablo - In: Journal of public economics 121 (2015), pp. 40-51
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Accountability and incentives of appointed and elected public officials
Hessami, Zohal - In: The review of economics and statistics 100 (2018) 1, pp. 51-64
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Local elections and consumption insurance : evidence from Chinese village elections
Gan, Li; Xu, Lixin Colin; Yao, Yang - In: The economics of transition 20 (2012) 3, pp. 521-547
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New vs. reelected mayor: who is more responsive to disasters?
Accad, Mel Lorenzo - 2020 - Version: March 25, 2020
Are new mayors more responsive to disasters than their reelected counterparts? The identification strategy is based on slim vote margin in which new and reelected mayors are found to be as if randomly assigned. We find that with greater storm exposure: new mayors spend more on health sector than...
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New vs. reelected mayor: Who is more responsive to disasters?
Accad, Mel Lorenzo - 2020
Are new mayors more responsive to disasters than their reelected counterparts? The identification strategy is based on slim vote margin in which new and reelected mayors are found to be as if randomly assigned. We find that with greater storm exposure: new mayors spend more on health sector than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012629024
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Mass media, instrumental information, and electoral accountability
Bruns, Christian; Himmler, Oliver - 2016
has a hard time providing an instrumental explanation for the existence of "accountability journalism". According to the … apply when a group of voters shares a common goal such as accountability and information is delivered via mass media. In …
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Lexicographic voting : holding parties accountable in the presence of Downsian competition
Klingelhöfer, Jan - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 15 (2015) 4, pp. 1867-1892
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On ignorant voters and busy politicians
Aytimur, R. Emre; Bruns, Christian - 2015
We show that a large electorate of ignorant voters can succeed in establishing high levels of electoral accountability … performance. We find that the accountability problem can be solved well in the sense that the incumbent exerts effort as if she …
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Term limits and electoral accountability
Smart, Michael; Sturm, Daniel - In: Journal of public economics 107 (2013), pp. 93-102
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