according to the 1995 election law. We show that in the second and third weeks after the 2020 elections (held on October 9 …

electoral candidates and election of politicians. Using unique data that combine population registers and election statistics …

results of the system GMM revealed that the fiscal deficit is significantly large in election years and the deficit spending … spills into the year after the election, though not as high as in the election year. We could not, however, find a … significant effect in the pre-election year. In addition, we found evidence suggesting that though democracy significantly lowers …

in consumption of newspapers and radio, and in political knowledge as measured by election surveys. I also show that both … newspapers but little or no coverage on television …I use variation across markets in the timing of television's introduction to identify its impact on voter turnout. The …

regime. We conduct an empirical assessment, looking at the influence of television and newspapers on the support for Koizumi …This paper explores the role of mass media on people’s perceptions of charismatic leaders, focusing on Japan’s Koizumi … newspaper only for men. Thus, a charismatic male leader on television has a greater influence than his policy on female voters …

regime. We conduct an empirical assessment, looking at the influence of television and newspapers on the support for Koizumi …This paper explores the role of mass media on people’s perceptions of charismatic leaders, focusing on Japan’s Koizumi … newspaper only for men. Thus, a charismatic male leader on television has a greater influence than his policy on female voters …