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Peer effects on the United States Supreme Court
Holden, Richard; Keane, Michael P.; Lilley, Matthew - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 12 (2021) 3, pp. 981-1019
Using data on essentially every U.S. Supreme Court decision since 1946, we estimate a model of peer effects on the Court. We estimate the impact of justice ideology and justice votes on the votes of their peers. To identify the peer effects, we use two instruments that generate plausibly...
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Voting among siblings
Bloem, Michael D.; Holbein, John B.; Imlay, Samuel J.; … - 2025
-third of this is caused by the older sibling voting, as determined by age-of-voting-eligibility thresholds in a regression … discontinuity design. Third, the causal impact of a sibling voting runs in the other direction as well - younger siblings increase … the probability of their older siblings voting in their early 20's by 14 percent. These results demonstrate the influence …
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Migrants' missing votes
Giesing, Yvonne; Schikora, Felicitas - 2020
therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … find no effects on incumbent parties. In addition, our results show increased voting for parties with pro …-wing parties. The results have important policy implications for voting regulations. …
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Monotonicity of Power Indices
Turnovec, Frantisek - Department of Economics and Finance Research and … - 1997
The paper investigates general properties of power indices, measuring the voting power in committees. Concepts of local …
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Freedom of speech, deterrence, and compellence in the parliament
Altindag, Duha Tore; Mocan, Naci; Zhang, Jie - 2021
In most countries Parliamentary immunity protects lawmakers from civil or criminal charges while in office, and it shields them from prosecution for their political speech or political actions. This paper presents the first empirical analysis in the literature of the impact of Parliamentary...
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The spatial diffusion of social conformity: the case of voting participation
Coleman, Stephen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Social interaction combined with social conformity spreads attitudes and behaviors through a society. This paper examines such a process geographically for compliance with the norm that good citizens should vote. The diffusion of conformist behavior affects the local degree of conformity with...
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International Investment Agreements and Foreign Direct Investment : A Survey
Egger, Peter; Pirotte, Alain; Titi, Catharine - 2023
This paper reviews the relationship between international investment agreements (IIAs) and foreign direct investment (FDI). It is organised in two parts. The first part explores the generic structure of IIAs and highlights the components that are particularly relevant to FDI. It then gives an...
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The beauty premium of politicians in office
Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; Wochner, Timo - 2023
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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The beauty premium of politicians in office
Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas; Wochner, Timo - 2023
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014433773
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Immigration and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from the 2015 Refugee Inflow to Germany
Bredtmann, Julia - 2022
This paper investigates the effects of local exposure to refugees on electoral outcomes in the 2016 state election in Germany. Based on quasi-random variation in the allocation of refugees across municipalities and unique data on refugee populations and their type of accommodation, I find that...
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