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

Geller, Chris R.; Mustard, Jamie; Shahwan, Ranya - 2013

Experiments evaluate the fit of human behaviour to the Shapley-Shubik power index (SSPI), a formula of voter power. Groups of six subjects with differing votes divide a fixed purse by majority rule in online chat rooms. Earnings proxy for measured power. Chat rooms and processes for selecting...

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Economic shocks and the electoral fortunes of effective legislators

Cipullo, Davide; Lee, Barton E. - 2025 - This version: March 31, 2025

Analyzing U.S. House elections (2002-2010), measures of legislators' effectiveness, and exogenous increases in Chinese import competition, we document a conditional relationship between legislative effectiveness and electoral success. In districts ex-posed to large trade shocks, incumbent...

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Conditional political cycles in Africa : myth or reality?

Strong, Christine O. - In: Journal of African economies 33 (2024) 5, pp. 489-514

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Analysis of the 2025 Bundestag elections : part 1 of 4 ; Imperfection of the electoral reform

Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2025

Bundestag caused by political developments not envisaged in the original election rules. The reform fixes the size of the …

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Foreign aid and targeted political violence

Dreher, Axel; Pan, Jingke; Schneider, Christina - 2025

Elections in fragile democracies are not merely contests over policy but battles for control over state resources, including foreign aid. Aid provides local governments with substantial discretionary funds, creating strong incentives for rent-seeking political actors to capture political office....

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Working class and union voters' role in the 2024 Pennsylvania Presidential election

Clark, Paul F. - In: Labor studies journal 50 (2025) 2, pp. 122-135

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Analysis of the 2025 Bundestag elections : part 2 of 4 ; Representativeness of the parties and the Bundestag

Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2025

whole (before coalition-formation) has significantly decreased since 2021. In particular, the former election winner, the …

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Labor desperately needs a new strategy

Blanc, Eric - In: Labor studies journal 50 (2025) 2, pp. 175-181

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Analysis of the 2025 Bundestag elections : part 3 of 4 ; The third vote perspective Bundestag

Tanguiane, Andranick S. - 2025

Third Vote election method. Under the Third Vote, electors cast no votes for parties by name. The electoral ballot consists … spending?'-Yes/No, etc.), and the parties answer to these questions before the elections - as required by the Wahl-O-Mat, the … discuss mixed election procedures combining the Third Vote with the conventional voting by party name and analyze possible …

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Political cycles of media repression

Schulze, Günther G.; Zakharov, Nikita - 2025

contrast, the reigns are loosened during off-election periods to allow the media's credibility to be rebuilt. This dynamic …

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