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This paper provides new evidence on the effect of immigration on election outcomes. Our analysis makes use of data on city districts in Hamburg, Germany, during a period of substantial inflows of immigrants and asylum seekers. We find significant and robust effects for changes in foreigner...
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In this short note, we use data from different elections in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia between 1975 and … contribution is the comparison of municipal and state elections. …
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candidates and that politicians on the right benefit more from beauty in low-information elections. Evidence from real and … experimental elections confirms both predictions. …
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mayoral candidates just prior to municipal elections. It left voters more knowledgeable about candidates' proposed policies …
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Electoral reforms in 1918 nearly tripled the number of people eligible to vote in Ireland. Following the reforms - the largest franchise extensions in UK history - the previously obscure Sinn Féin party secured 73 of Ireland's 105 seats, an outcome that presaged a guerrilla war and ultimately...
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. The results show that realized investment ratios decreased in years when state elections occurred relative to the average … develop better before state elections and worse after state elections. The second part of this dissertation investigates how …
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Party performance in state and federal elections is highly interdependent. Federal elections impact regional voting …
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We study consumer debt relief as a tool of distributive politics and ask if debt relief can influence elections. We … can translate into political power in polities with de jure competitive elections but with de facto weak accountability. …
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Changes in political leadership drive sharp changes in public policy and partisan beliefs about the future. We exploit the surprise 2016 election of Trump to identify the effects of a shift in political power on one of the most consequential household decisions: whether to have a child....
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German voters in the 2019 European election showed remarkable regional differences in their voting behavior. The Green Party surged in West German districts, while the AfD further consolidated its successes in East Germany. Investigating structural differences at the district level reveals that...
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