candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use their beauty premium to reap some independence from their party? Using the … German election system that combines first-past-the-post election with party-list proportional representation, our results … against the party line than their less attractive peers. …

increased voter turnout by some 0.5 to 0.9 percentage points. The reform also influenced party vote shares. The vote share of … the conservative party decreased in the course of the reform, while the vote shares of the other three main parties … opening hours in favor of the social democratic party. The opening hours of polling stations probably play a more important …

government/party ideology influences individual policies, previous econometric studies ignored initiatives in parliament. My … introduce/extend dragnet-controls to also deal with the upcoming threat of rightwing populism. Future research should examine …

especially pronounced before early elections (1.0 points) compared to regular elections (0.4 points). Future research needs to …