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The VP-function revisited: a survey of the literature on vote and popularity functions after over 40 years

Lewis-Beck, Michael; Stegmaier, Mary - In: Public Choice 157 (2013) 3, pp. 367-385

extremely influential review of the literature linking economics and elections, what they called the “VP functions.” In that … has come to be known as economic voting. As shall be shown, Nannestad and Paldam were prescient in their early …

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The strategy of social choice

Moulin, Hervé - 1983

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The demobilization of American voters : a comprehensive theory of voter turnout

Avey, Michael J. - 1989

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Ghana; Economic Development in a Democratic Environment

Harnack, Joachim; Leite, Sérgio Pereira.; Fabrizio, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

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Modeling Politics with Economics tools; A Critical Survey of the Literature

Olters, Jan-Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

behaviour on the economy, it has not (yet) managed to fully develop a positively formulated "economic theory of politics" that …

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Do Elections Always Motivate Incumbents? Experimentation vs. Career Concerns

Lockwood, Ben; Borgne, Eric Le - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

effort so that performance becomes a more accurate signal of her ability. Elections reduce the experimentation effect, and … the reduction in this effect may more than offset the positive "career-concerns" effect of elections on effort. Moreover …, when this occurs, appointment of officeholders may Pareto-dominate elections. …

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Votingon the "Optimal" Size of Government

Olters, Jan-Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

Viewing fiscal policies as the outcome of democratically resolved conflicts of households over public goods and taxes, the “economic model of politics” proposes a public choice approach, which does not rely on social welfare functions. With it, a country’s overall budget can be derived...

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Electoral System and Public Spending

Perotti, Roberto; Rostagno, Massimo V.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

We study the effects of electoral institutions on the size and composition of public expenditure in OECD and Latin American countries. We present a model emphasizing the distinction between purchases of goods and services, which are easier to target geographically, and transfers, which are...

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Single vote multiple seats elections. Didactics of district versus proportional representation, using the examples of the United Kingdom and The Netherlands

Colignatus, Thomas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

election is not quite the same as a series of single seat elections. Direct single seat elections such as for the chief … seats elections that rely on a single vote such as common elections for Parliament or the U.S. Congress. The didactics … want more districts, the examples of the UK 2010 and Dutch 2006 general elections are developed in some detail. Subordinate …

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Focused power: Experiments, the Shapley-Shubik power index, and focal points

Geller, Chris R.; Mustard, Jamie; Shahwan, Ranya - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

values. The SSPI can serve as a control for power imbedded in voting blocs, permitting fuller analysis of other factors that …

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