signals. Further experiments indicate that both the commitment possibility and the collective nature of punishment matter for …

. Surprisingly, when focusing on Germany and the U.S., populist voting is highest in less globalised regions with rather equal income … distributions. Addressing this puzzle, I ask how the regional variance in populist voting can be explained. In my answer, I … correlated with populist voting and that this effect is mitigated by public goods provision. Using county level data to develop …

. Surprisingly, when focusing on Germany and the U.S., populist voting is highest in less globalised regions with rather equal income … distributions. Addressing this puzzle, I ask how the regional variance in populist voting can be explained. In my answer, I … correlated with populist voting and that this effect is mitigated by public goods provision. Using county level data to develop …

This paper explores the causal influence of media content on voting behavior. We exploit a natural experiment involving …

made it very difficult to document strategic behavior empirically. Exploiting the incentive structure of Germany's voting … system to solve the fundamental identification problem, this paper estimates the extent of strategic voting in large, real …

the list of candidates because a candidate is punished more when he loses positions at the threshold of promising list … 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 …

In 2001, the state parliament of the German federal state of Hesse abolished a 5 percent legal electoral threshold for … threshold. The dataset covers all 426 Hessian municipalities over the period 1989-2011. Our results suggest that the seat and …

This paper explores the causal influence of media content on voting behavior. We exploit a natural experiment involving …