unknown and party-identification cannot be used to distinguish them. This case often appears in election systems with either … experimental exit-poll of voters at local elections in two German states in 2014 in which respondents faced a hypothetical election … translates directly into a greater willingness to take part in the hypothetical election (“turnout”), especially for individuals …

Results from a new experiment shed light on the effects of voter information on vote buying and incumbent advantage …

́electoral prospects improve? We study this question with a natural experiment from the German federal state of Hesse. The … experiment is the abolishment of an explicit electoral threshold (the so called "five percent hurdle") for local elections in …

' electoral prospects improve? We study this question with a natural experiment from the German federal State of Hesse. The … experiment is the abolishment of an explicit electoral threshold (the so called "five percent hurdle") for local elections in …

-dimensional, majority rule election game with two candidates, who might be interested in power as well as in ideology, but not necessarily …

It is commonly thought that in an election with two parties there can be no strategic voting - voters simply vote for … a single-district election. For large elections I show that the implemented policy bundle: (a) is uniquely pinned down … exists. These properties are not guaranteed in a single-district election. Furthermore, I show that: (i) parliamentary …

favor of the latter hypothesis. The probability of being a target of violence increases in the weeks right after an election …

parties allow like-minded citizens to, first, share the cost of running in a public election and, second, coordinate on a …