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Peer effects on the United States Supreme Court

Holden, Richard; Keane, Michael P.; Lilley, Matthew - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 12 (2021) 3, pp. 981-1019

Using data on essentially every U.S. Supreme Court decision since 1946, we estimate a model of peer effects on the Court. We estimate the impact of justice ideology and justice votes on the votes of their peers. To identify the peer effects, we use two instruments that generate plausibly...

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Voting among siblings

Bloem, Michael D.; Holbein, John B.; Imlay, Samuel J.; … - 2025

-third of this is caused by the older sibling voting, as determined by age-of-voting-eligibility thresholds in a regression … discontinuity design. Third, the causal impact of a sibling voting runs in the other direction as well - younger siblings increase … the probability of their older siblings voting in their early 20's by 14 percent. These results demonstrate the influence …

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Migrants' missing votes

Giesing, Yvonne; Schikora, Felicitas - 2020

therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … find no effects on incumbent parties. In addition, our results show increased voting for parties with pro …-wing parties. The results have important policy implications for voting regulations. …

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The spatial diffusion of social conformity: the case of voting participation

Coleman, Stephen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Social interaction combined with social conformity spreads attitudes and behaviors through a society. This paper examines such a process geographically for compliance with the norm that good citizens should vote. The diffusion of conformist behavior affects the local degree of conformity with...

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Immigration and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from the 2015 Refugee Inflow to Germany

Bredtmann, Julia - 2022

This paper investigates the effects of local exposure to refugees on electoral outcomes in the 2016 state election in Germany. Based on quasi-random variation in the allocation of refugees across municipalities and unique data on refugee populations and their type of accommodation, I find that...

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A gate to the world for all? The reaction of neighborhoods in Hamburg to refugee housings

Endrich, Marek - 2022

This paper analyses the political reaction of residents to refugee housings in their neighborhood. The city of Hamburg, Germany, experienced between 2014 and 2021 large refugee inflows that required many new housings. Openings of refugee housings led to an increase in the vote share of...

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(Dis)honesty and the Value of Transparency for Campaign Promises

Lang, Matthias; Schudy, Simeon - 2023

Promise competition is prevalent in many economic environments, but promise keeping is often difficult to observe. We study the value of transparency for promise competition and ask whether promises still offer an opportunity to honor future obligations when outcomes do not allow for observing...

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Immigration and electoral outcomes: Evidence from the 2015 refugee inflow to Germany

Bredtmann, Julia - 2022

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Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and Politics: The Role of Immigration in Shaping Natives' Political Preferences

Barone, Guglielmo; D'Ignazio, Alessio; De Blasio, Guido; … - 2014

We analyze the impact of immigration on voting. Using Italian municipality data and IV estimation strategy, we find …

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Migrating Extremists

Ochsner, Christian; Rösel, Felix - 2016

-scale Nazi migration to US occupied regions. Regions that witnessed a Nazi influx exhibit significantly higher voting shares for …

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