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Laboratory Elections with Endogenous Turnout : Proportional Representation versus Majoritarian Rule

Kartal, Melis - 2014

representation using theory and experiments. Numerous empirical studies have compared turnout across PR and MR. However, the … the size of the minority, but the empirical papers on the topic do not control for it. I also show that, in both theory … theory predicts. I conjecture that, under PR, there is a discouragement effect for the small minority because the PR system …

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Local Representation and Strategic Voting : Evidence from Electoral Boundary Reforms

Saarimaa, Tuukka; Tukiainen, Janne - 2013

We use Finnish local election voting data to analyze whether voters value local representation and act strategically to guarantee it. To identify such preferences and behavior, we exploit municipal mergers as natural experiments, which increase the number of candidates and parties available to...

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Divided We Vote

Calcagno, Peter; López, Edward J. - 2010

-moderating theory (Alesina and Rosenthal 1996) that focuses purely on midterm cycles and split-ticket voting absent economic conditions …

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Local candidates and distributive politics under closed-list proportional representation

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr; Smith, Daniel M. - 2018

Geographic representation is an important consideration in candidate nominations, even under closed-list proportional representation (PR), and may even matter for distributive policy outcomes. However, since nominations are determined strategically, the causal effects of local representation are...

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Earmarking and the political support of fat taxes

Cremer, Helmuth; Goulão, Catarina; Roeder, Kerstin - 2015

A fat and a healthy good provide immediate gratification, and cause health costs or benefits in the long run, which are misperceived. Additionally, the fat good (healthy good) increases (decreases) health care costs by increasing (decreasing) the probability of suffering from a chronic disease...

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