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Labor unions and the electoral consequences of trade liberalization

Ogeda, Pedro Molina; Ornelas, Emanuel; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2021

We show that the Brazilian trade liberalization in the early 1990s led to a permanent relative decline in the vote share of left-wing presidential candidates in the regions more affected by the tariff cuts. This happened even though the shock, implemented by a right-wing party, induced a...

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Labor unions and the electoral consequences of trade liberalization

Ogeda, Pedro Molina; Ornelas, Emanuel; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2021

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Voting in a Pandemic : Lessons from the 2020 South Korean Legislative Election

Kim, In Kyung; Kim, Kyoo il - 2021

In this paper, we examine the extent to which a government's response to a pandemic affects election outcomes. Using … detailed data on South Korea's 21st legislative election, held in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, we find that a … the COVID infection rate been the same as the OECD average during the election period. Given that the observed result was …

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Turnout in the Municipal Elections of March 2020 and Excess Mortality During the Covid-19 Epidemic in France

Bertoli, Simone - 2020

We analyze the consequences of the decision of French government to maintain the first round of the municipal elections on March 15, 2020 on local excess mortality in the following weeks. We exploit heterogeneity across municipalities in voter turnout, which we instrument using a measure of the...

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Follow the Leader : The Electoral Effect of the COVID-19 Economic Lockdown

Bordignon, Massimo; Franzoni, Federico; Gamalerio, Matteo - 2021

We study the effect of the COVID-19 economic lockdown on electoral outcomes using data on municipal elections in Italy. We implement a difference-in-differences approach that exploits the variation across municipalities in the share of inactive workers due to the economic lockdown introduced by...

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Electoral turnout during states of emergency and effects on incumbent vote share

Frank, Marco; Stadelmann, David; Torgler, Benno - 2020

the first and second ballot of the election, the state government announced a state of emergency with drastic measures to …

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Political selection when uncertainty is high

Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal; Khasanboev, … - 2022

Do voters place their trust in tried and tested leaders when uncertainty is high or do they prefer a new slate of leaders who are arguably more competent? To study this question, we make use of hand-collected data on 402,385 candidates who competed in open-list local council elections...

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Is populism reversible? : evidence from Italian local elections during the pandemic

Bordignon, Massimo; Franzoni, Federico; Gamalerio, Matteo - 2023

We study the effect of economic insecurity on electoral outcomes using data on municipal elections in Italy. We implement a difference-in-differences approach that exploits exogenous variation across municipalities in the share of inactive workers due to the economic lockdown introduced by the...

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Elections and Policies : Evidence from the COVID Pandemic

Grechyna, Daryna - 2023

were from election dates. The gradual relaxation of “lockdown style” restrictions ahead of the elections was driven by …

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Elections and policies : evidence from the Covid pandemic

Grechyna, Daryna - 2023

were from election dates. The gradual relaxation of "lockdown style" restrictions ahead of the elections was driven by …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014310050