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Electoral politics of disaster : how earthquake and pandemic relief was used to earn votes

Imami, Drini; Pojani, Dorina; Merkaj, Elvina - In: Cambridge journal of regions, economy and society 16 (2023) 1, pp. 93-104

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Words can hurt : how political communication can change the pace of an epidemic

Gagete-Miranda, Jessica; Argentieri Mariani, Lucas; … - 2023

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U.S. Election 2020 : Intentions to Participate in Political Crowdfunding during COVID-19 Pandemic

Baber, Hasnan; Kusumarani, Riri; Yang, Hongwei (Chris) - 2023

Participation in the political process is the fundamental right and responsibility of a citizen. Online political participation has gained popularity as it is convenient and effective. Political crowdfunding helps political candidates and parties pledge funds, usually small, from a large...

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Do pandemics shape elections? : retrospective voting in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic in the United States

Abad, Leticia; Maurer, Noel - 2021

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Public Health Interventions, Economic Activity, and Firm Value : Evidence from COVID-19 Vaccinations

Bizjak, John M.; Kalpathy, Swaminathan L.; Mihov, Vassil T. - 2022

We examine how the introduction of COVID-19 vaccinations affects business activity and firm performance in the US. A ten percent increase in vaccination rates results in a 6.6 percent increase in establishment customer visits. Difference-in-Differences analysis shows that the effects are causal....

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Sozioökonomische Determinanten extremistischer Wahlerfolge in Deutschland : das Beispiel der Europawahlen 1994 und 1999

Rotte, Ralph; Steininger, Martin - 2000

Empirical research on the determinants of right and left-wing extremist election successes is still dominated by …

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Compulsory voting and political participation : empirical evidence from Austria

Gäbler, Stefanie; Potrafke, Niklas; Rösel, Felix - 2019

We examine whether compulsory voting influences political participation as measured by voter turnout, invalid voting, political interest, confidence in parliament, and party membership. In Austria, some states temporarily introduced compulsory voting in national elections. We investigate border...

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Superstars in politics : the role of the media in the rise and success of Junichiro Koizumi

Yamamura, Eiji; Sabatini, Fabio - 2014 - Preprint

candidate to win an election, even though his main agenda item (i.e., postal privatization) is strongly opposed by special …

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Happiness before and after an election : an analysis based on a daily survey around Japan's 2009 election

Kinari, Yusuke; Ōtake, Fumio; Kimball, Miles S.; … - 2015

Election in 2009. We conducted a daily web survey for seven days before and after the election, obtaining1068 responses … significantly unhappier on the day following the election. However, happiness returned to the previous level in one or two days … that the happiness level of those whose expectation of the election results were realized did not change, while that of …

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Local Political Uncertainty, Family Control and Investment Behavior

Amore, Mario Daniele - 2020

Estimating difference-in-differences models on a comprehensive dataset of Italian companies, we provide novel insights into the literature on political uncertainty and firm investment. We first establish that local political uncertainty leads to declining investment. Next, we show that family...

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