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party decreased in the course of the reform, while the vote shares of the social democratic party and of the populist … rightwing party (both parties attract blue-collar workers) increased. Enhancing participation in elections by extending the …
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. To the contrary, given the tendency of electoral support at the state level to swing away from the party of the incumbent …
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We examine whether government ideology was correlated with the growth in military expenditure in Germany over the period 1951-2011. By using various measures of government ideology, the results do not show any effect. The exception is an ideology measure based on the Comparative Manifesto...
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We investigate a case of political favoritism. Some members of the Bavarian parliament hired relatives as office employees who were paid using taxpayers' money. The family scandal was a hot issue in the German media because of the upcoming state and federal elections. We examine whether being...
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candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use their beauty premium to reap some independence from their party? Using the … German election system that combines first-past-the-post election with party-list proportional representation, our results … against the party line than their less attractive peers. …
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candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use their beauty premium to reap some independence from their party? Using the … German election system that combines first-past-the-post election with party-list proportional representation, our results … against the party line than their less attractive peers. …
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candidates to nominate, and, third, do elected MPs use their beauty premium to reap some independence from their party? Using the … German election system that combines first-past-the-post election with party-list proportional representation, our results … against the party line than their less attractive peers. …
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We examine whether compulsory voting influences habit-formation in voting. In Austria, some states temporarily introduced compulsory voting in national elections. We exploit border municipalities across two states that differ in compulsory voting legislation using a difference-in-differences and...
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increased voter turnout by some 0.5 to 0.9 percentage points. The reform also influenced party vote shares. The vote share of … the conservative party decreased in the course of the reform, while the vote shares of the other three main parties … opening hours in favor of the social democratic party. The opening hours of polling stations probably play a more important …
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evaluating how government/party ideology influences individual policies, previous econometric studies ignored initiatives in … initiatives to introduce/extend dragnet-controls to also deal with the upcoming threat of rightwing populism. Future research …
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