We review the efficacy of three approaches to forecasting elections: econometric models that project outcomes on the …. While the evidence for economic voting has historically been weak for Australia, the 2004 election suggests an increasingly …

In this paper we present a model of rational voting over redistribution where individual selfesteem and relative esteem …

news leads to an increase in turnout in municipal elections, a higher probability of the incumbent mayor being reelected …

We analyze the impact of the quality of candidates running for a mayor position on turnout using a large data set on … Italian municipal elections held from 1993 to 2011. We firstly estimate a municipal fixed effects model and show that an … increase in the average quality of candidates competing at the electoral race produces a positive impact on turnout. To handle …

main results show evidence of strong altruism effects, but these estimated effects differ across countries, differ between …

altruism, reputational concerns, and material incentives. We present an analysis of a unique data set that combines an … experimental measure of altruism, surveyed measures of other factors including reputational concerns, and call records from … explanations, we find that altruism and reputational concerns are positively associated with the decision to volunteer. Moreover …

, which can be interpreted as weak evidence for parental altruism. The paper uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel …