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Many theoretical models of transition are driven by the assumption that economic decision making is subject to political constraints. In this paper we empirically test whether the winners and losers of economic reform determined voting behaviour in the first five national elections in the Czech...
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"Abgehängtsein" und Wahlverhalten variiert in ihrer Stärke zwischen den verschiedenen Ländern. In Tschechien bestehen starke … Wahlverhalten erklären. Das Paper nimmt Bezug auf die grundlegenden Argumente der Debatte über die "Geographie der Unzufriedenheit … Wahlverhalten erweitert wird. Unser multidimensionaler Ansatz zur Messung regionaler Disparitäten ermöglicht eine umfassende …
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This paper examines the impact of regional development on democracy building in the Czech Republic following the fall of the Iron Curtain and the autocratic communist regime in 1989. By exploiting the variation in regional development arising from the economic transition process, we identify...
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Many theoretical models of transition are driven by the assumption that economic decision making is subject to political constraints. In this paper we test whether the 'winners' and 'losers' of economic reform influenced voting behaviour in the first five national elections in the Czech...
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We study the reaction of voters to shifts in local economic conditions. Using the departure from the gold standard of US trading partners in 1931 and the US in 1933, we exploit heterogeneity in export destinations, creating local differences in expenditure-switching in US counties by isolating...
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Many theoretical models of transition are driven by the assumption that economic decision making is subject to political constraints. In this paper we empirically test whether the winners and losers of economic reform determined voting behaviour in the first five national elections in the Czech...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267641
I analyze the relationship between economics and politics across eight parliamentary elections in four transition countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, using regional data (election results and socio-economic characteristics at county level). I argue that support for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204576
I analyze the relationship between economics and politics across eight parliamentary elections in four transition countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, using regional data (election results and socio-economic characteristics at county level). I argue that support for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204580