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Do parties punish MPs for voting against the party line?

Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas; Riem, Marina - 2017

positions. The dataset includes the voting behavior of 257 MPs in 218 roll-call votes. Our results do not show that parties … account for the voting behavior by punishing politicians who have voted against the party line. Political parties may attract … different groups of voters by tolerating politicians who vote according to their own credo. Qualities other than the voting …

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Conservative politicians and voting on same-sex marriage

Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - 2017

the majority increased by one percentage point, the likelihood of voting in favour of same-sex marriage decreased by …

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Equity and effectiveness of optimal taxation in contests under an all-pay auction

Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2012

The means of contest design may include differential taxation of the prize. This paper establishes that, given a revenue-maximizing contest designer who faces a balanced-budget constraint, the optimal taxation scheme corresponding to an all-pay auction is appealing in two senses. First, it...

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Direct and structural discrimination in contests

Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2013

This paper evaluates direct and structural discrimination as a means of increasing efforts in the most widely studied contests. We establish that a designer who maximizes efforts subject to a balanced-budget constraint prefers dual discrimination, namely, change of the contestants ́prize...

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The efficacy and efforts of interest groups in post elections policy formation

Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2012

This paper presents a new model of interest groups and policy formation in the legislature. In our setting, the already given party ideological predispositions and power distribution determine the expected policy outcome. Our analysis applies to the case of un-enforced or enforced party...

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Differential prize taxation and structural discrimination in contests

Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2012

This paper evaluates differential prize taxation and structural discrimination as a means of increasing efforts in the most widely studied contests. We establish that a designer who maximizes efforts subject to a balanced-budget constraint prefers dual discrimination, namely, change of the...

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Why people obey the law : experimental evidence from the provision of public goods

Feld, Lars P.; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2002

-riding. However, people also obey law backed by mild sanctions if it is accepted in a referendum. We show that voting for mild law …

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Migrants' missing votes

Giesing, Yvonne; Schikora, Felicitas - 2020

therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … find no effects on incumbent parties. In addition, our results show increased voting for parties with pro …-wing parties. The results have important policy implications for voting regulations. …

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Inefficient group organization as optimal adaption to dominant environments

Kolmar, Martin; Wagener, Andreas - 2010

Contests between groups are plagued by intra-group externalities (freeriding). Yet, costless incentive schemes that entirely avoid free-riding within a group might not be desirable, neither individually nor socially. In contests among two groups, a relatively weak (i.e., small or unproductive)...

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Brothers in arms : an experiment on the alliance puzzle

Ke, Changxia; Konrad, Kai A.; Morath, Florian - 2010

Our experimental analysis of alliances in conflicts leads to three main findings. First, even in the absence of repeated interaction, direct contact or communication, free-riding among alliance members is far less pronounced than what would be expected from non-cooperative theory. Second, this...

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