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Electoral cycle bias in the media coverage of corruption news

Le Moglie, Marco; Turati, Gilberto - 2018

We investigate the existence of an "electoral cycle bias" in the timing of media coverage of news with high political value. In particular, we analyze how the electoral cycles at the regional level influence the coverage of news about corruption scandals in the Italian Regional Health Systems by...

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Minority groups and success in election primaries

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2018

In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in primary elections. Using a unique dataset of candidates in Israeli primaries, we find that while being a new immigrant, a woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral...

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Women legislators and economic performance

Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Min, Brian; … - 2018

There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the last two decades, but there is no evidence of how this influences economic performance. We investigate this using data on competitive elections to India's state assemblies, leveraging close elections to...

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Civic engagement in the Americas

Scartascini, Carlos G.; Vlaicu, Razvan - 2018

eligible voters. To identify the effects the paper exploits variation in field survey dates relative to election dates, given …

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Grants-in-aid and the prospect of re-election : the impact of EU funds on mayoral elections in Poland

Banaszewska, Monika; Bischoff, Ivo - 2018 - This version: June 15, 2018

substantial effect for the share of pro-European citizens. Spending EU funds increases incumbent mayors' chance of re-election in …

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Representation of the people : franchise extension and the "Sinn Féin election" in Ireland, 1918

De Bromhead, Alan; Fernihough, Alan; Hargaden, Enda - 2018

relationship between the franchise extension and the election results. We find little evidence of a connection between the two. New …

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Backlash in attitudes after the election of extreme political parties

Carlsson, Magnus; Dahl, Gordon B.; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2018

from the right and one from the left, using panel data from 290 municipal election districts. To identify causal effects … incumbency advantage in the next election. Exploring possible mechanisms, we find evidence that when the anti-immigrant party … wins a marginal seat, they experience higher levels of politician turnover before the next election and receive negative …

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Not welcome anymore : the effect of electoral incentives on the reception of refugees

Gamalerio, Matteo - 2018

Do electoral incentives affect immigration policies? I study this question in the setting of Italian municipalities making decisions about the reception of refugees. The localized control of the reception policy (SPRAR), combined with the exogenous timing of policy decisions and staggered...

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Backlash in attitudes after the election of extreme political parties

Carlsson, Magnus; Dahl, Gordon B.; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2018

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Glass houses and friends-and-neighbors voting : an exploratory analysis of the impact of political scandal on localism

Mixon, Franklin G. - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-10

The 2017 U.S. Senate Special Election in Alabama, which was decided on 12 December 2017, was one of the most … this particular election provide the heretofore unexamined impact of political scandal on localism or friends …-and-neighbors voting in political contests. Based on data from the 2017 special election in Alabama, econometric results presented here …

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