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Strike One to Educate One Hundred : Organized Crime, Political Selection and Politicians’ Ability

Daniele, Gianmarco - 2015

-)selection. Identification derives from murders of local politicians by the mafia, and indicates that such a negative shock to politicians …' expected payoffs induces a strong decrease in first-time elected politicians' human capital. The effect is not limited to the …

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The political cost of being soft on crime : evidence from a natural experiment

Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2017

findings indicate that voters keep incumbent politicians accountable by conditioning their vote on the observed effects of …

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The political cost of being soft on crime : evidence from a natural experiment

Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2017

findings indicate that voters keep incumbent politicians accountable by conditioning their vote on the observed effects of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011668874

Do voters choose better politicians than political parties? : evidence from a natural experiment in Italy

Alfano, Maria Rosaria; Baraldi, Anna Laura; Papagni, Erasmo - 2020

candidates vs proportional system with open list of candidates - on the quality of politicians. The exogenous variation in the … implement a Difference-in- Differences approach to compare the change in politicians' quality (as their education level) across … the treatment group (the Parliamentarians) and the control group (the regional councillors) of politicians before and …

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Do Voters Choose Better Politicians than Political Parties? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Italy

Alfano, Maria Rosaria; Baraldi, Anna Laura; Papagni, Erasmo - 2020

candidates vs proportional system with open list of candidates - on the quality of politicians. The exogenous variation in the … implement a Difference-inDifferences approach to compare the change in politicians' quality (as their education level) across … the treatment group (the Parliamentarians) and the control group (the regional councillors) of politicians before and …

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Can term limits accelerate women's access to top political positions? : quasi-experimental evidence from Italy

Kansikas, Carolina; Bagues, Manuel F. - 2024

We investigate whether term limits can help historically underrepresented groups, such as women, gain faster access to positions of political power. We exploit evidence from Italian local elections where, in a context of rapidly increasing women's presence in politics, mayoral term limits were...

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Electoral vulnerability and size of local governments : evidence from voting on municipal mergers

Hyytinen, Ari; Saarimaa, Tuukka; Tukiainen, Janne - In: Journal of public economics 120 (2014), pp. 193-204

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The urban voter : municipal elections in Rajasthan; an empirical study

Bhambhri, Chandra Prakash; Verma, P. S. - 1973

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Serving the public interest

Markussen, Thomas; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2010

We present a model of political selection in which voters elect a president from a set of candidates. We assume that some of the candidates are benevolent and that all voters prefer a benevolent president, i.e. a president who serves the public interest. Yet, political selection may fail in our...

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Personality traits and cognitive ability in political selection

Jokela, Markus; Meriläinen, Jaakko; Tukiainen, Janne; … - 2023 - February 2023 (first version July 2022, second version August 2022)

electoral candidates and election of politicians. Using unique data that combine population registers and election statistics … dimensions of non-cognitive ability. Second, elected politicians possess more desirable traits than nonelected candidates. Our …

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