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Sharing competences : the impact of local institutional settings on voter turnout

Michelsen, Claus; Bönisch, Peter; Rosenfeld, Martin T. W. - 2010

local elections in Germany, held in 2003 and 2004. Overall, we analyze aggregate voter turnout of 1661 municipalities and … Leistungserstellung zu erreichen. In Deutschland haben sich auf der Gemeindeebene unterschiedliche Modelle durchgesetzt, die sich zwischen …

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Fractionalization and the size of government

Lind, Jo Thori - 2003

This paper studies the joint effect of fractionalization and inequality on the size of government. Within a political economy model of tax determination, I study the effect of voters with a group-based social conscience, so they care more about the well-being of those belonging to their own...

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Fractionalization and the Size of Government

Lind, Jo Thori - 2003

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Fractionalization and the Size of Government

Lind, Jo Thori - 2021

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Electoral Competition and Endogenous Political Institutions : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Germany

Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana - 2015

Do established parties change political institutions to disadvantage smaller, non-mainstream parties if the latters' electoral prospects improve? We study this question with a natural experiment from the German federal state of Hesse. The experiment is the abolishment of an explicit electoral...

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Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions : quasi-experimental evidence from Germany ; conference paper

Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana - 2014

Do established parties change political institutions to disadvantage smaller, non-mainstream parties if the latters' electoral prospects improve? We study this question with a natural experiment from the German federal State of Hesse. The experiment is the abolishment of an explicit electoral...

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Electoral rules for mayors and incentives to pork-barrel : quasi-experimental evidence from German municipalities ; conference paper

Hessami, Zohal - 2014

This paper exploits a natural experiment in Hesse where a reform of the electoral rule from mayor appointment by the local council towards direct mayor elections was introduced during a phase-in period from 1993 to 1998. The end of the term of the last appointed mayor varies across...

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Electoral competition and endogenous political institutions : quasi-experimental evidence from Germany

Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana - 2015

Do established parties change political institutions to disadvantage smaller, nonmainstream parties if the latters ́electoral prospects improve? We study this question with a natural experiment from the German federal state of Hesse. The experiment is the abolishment of an explicit electoral...

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Essays on the behavior of firms and politicians

Riem, Marina - 2017

attitudes and actions of politicians in Germany. The results show that German state politicians' and governments' words differed …, wie ideologische Orientierung Einstellungen und Handlungen von Politikern in Deutschland prägt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen …

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Empirical studies on public debt and fiscal transfers

Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2016

the budget balance. The results show that stock-flow adjustments increased before elections. In Germany, stock … outside the core budget. Chapter 6 describes special funds in Germany and elaborates upon the purposes for which special funds …, ob das Wahlverhalten der Gemeinden bei Landtagswahlen in einem deutschen Bundesland die Verteilung von diskretionären …

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