Search Results - subject_exact:"Election"

Fifty-four thousand deaths, zero electoral impact

Demirdogen, Alper; Olhan, Emine - 2025

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The causal effects of Trump's reelection on business expectations of German firms

Dovern, Jonas; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2025

This paper studies the causal effects of the 2024 US presidential election on business expectations of German manufacturing firms. It exploits the variation in the timing of survey responses to identify shifts in expectations around the election. The probability of reporting negative...

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Using big data to study small places : small-town voting patterns in the 2020 U.S. presidential election

Mapes, Jennifer - 2024

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Bangladesh's political realignment after the parliamentary elections : hope for stability, concerns about democratic pluralism

Scholz, Tobias; Wigger, Leo - 2026

The parliamentary elections held in Bangladesh on 12 February 2026 marked a turning point in the country’s recent history. In August 2024, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who had served for a total of 20 years, with one interruption, was removed from office. An interim government led by Nobel...

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Elections and political polarisation : challenges for environmental agreements

Spycher, Sarah - 2026 - This version: May 2026

This paper examines how domestic elections and political polarisation shape international environmental agreements. Using a four-stage game to model a bilateral treaty, I analyse how incumbents strategically balance policy preferences with re-election prospects. Results reveal asymmetric...

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Elections and political polarisation : challenges for environmental agreements

Spycher, Sarah - 2024 - This version: November 2024

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Electing the pope : elections by repeated ballots

Ponsatí, Clara; Zápal, Jan - 2026

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Electing the pope : elections by repeated ballots

Ponsatí, Clara; Zápal, Jan - 2026

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Populism in the Italian municipal elections : the M5S experience

Bordignon, Massimo; Colussii, Tommaso - 2026

This paper reviews a growing body of theoretical and empirical research on Italian populism through a detailed examination of the Five Star Movement (Movimento 5 Stelle, M5S), focusing on its experience in municipal elections. Using a wide range of administrative and survey data, as well as...

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Political stressors and birth outcomes : evidence from the 2016 U.S. presidential election

Golberstein, Ezra; Guth, Daniel; Slusky, David - 2026

We study political shocks as potential birth outcomes stressors, specifically the unexpected result of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. We investigate this two-sided shock using an innovative data linkage: Colorado voter registrations and birth certificates, matched by sex, birth year, and...

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Exploring political budget cycles in the EU-27

Afonso, António; Alves, José; Leal, Frederico Silva - 2026

Using quarterly data for the period Q1:2000–Q4:2024, the study examines whether elections in EU‑27 member states shape the composition and timing of fiscal policy strategies, and how political, fiscal and institutional constraints condition these dynamics. Employing a two‑way...

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Reclaiming Iraqi agency : post-election dynamics and challenges

Azizi, Hamidreza; Werenfels, Isabelle - 2026

The higher turnout in Iraq’s recent parliamentary elections reflects advances over the past four years, notably in infrastructure development, security, and political stability. The election’s outcome and ensuing coalition-building dynamics underscore trends and challenges that will shape...

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Social media vs. democracy : evidence from the January 6th insurrection

Mueller, Karsten; Schwarz, Carlo; Shen, Zekai - 2026

Social media platforms are often credited with empowering grassroots movements in the pursuit of political freedoms. In this paper, we show how social media can also be exploited by political elites to undermine democratic institutions, using the January 6th, 2021 Capitol insurrection as a case...

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Social media vs. democracy : evidence from the january 6th insurrection

Mueller, Karsten; Schwarz, Carlo; Shen, Zekai - 2026

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Social media vs. democracy : evidence from the january 6th insurrection

Mueller, Karsten; Schwarz, Carlo; Shen, Zekai - 2026

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Sham elections amid the war in Myanmar : prospects for national stability and international cooperation

Heiduk, Felix - 2026

Five years after the bloody military coup and amid a civil war, elections have taken place in Myanmar. They were neither free nor fair, nor was any attempt made to keep up an appearance of even minimum democratic standards. From the outset, the main purpose of the elections was not political...

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Votes for work? : job patronage and electoral mobilization in Albania

Uberti, Luca J.; Imami, Drini; Mendola, Mariapia - 2026

We study the impact of an election campaign on the labor market outcomes of incumbent party supporters. Using unique data on voters' political preferences during a pre-election period in Albania and a DiD design that compares the evolution of outcomes among close neighbours, we show that...

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Votes for work? : job patronage and electoral mobilization in Albania

Uberti, Luca J.; Imami, Drini; Mendola, Mariapia - 2025

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Candidate exit and voter loyalty during early democratization

Dewan, Torun A.; Kam, Christopher; Meriläinen, Jaakko; … - 2026

Hirschman's Exit, Voice, and Loyalty (1970) proposed that organizations persist when loyalty tempers incentives to exit after adverse shocks. We test this argument using newly digitized individual-level voting records from 28 English constituencies (1832-1868), covering 134,000 real votes....

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Do elections moderate or polarize political rhetoric?

Boeri, Tito; Nikiforova, Nina; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2026

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Do elections moderate or polarize political rhetoric?

Boeri, Tito; Nikiforova, Nina; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2026

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Do elections moderate or polarize political rhetoric?

Boeri, Tito; Nikiforova, Nina; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2026 - This Version: March 17, 2026

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Do elections moderate or polarize political rhetoric?

Boeri, Tito; Nikiforova, Nina; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2026

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Mobility-based gerrymandering : theory and evidence

Mongrain, Steeve; Revelli, Federico; Van Ypersele, Tanguy; … - 2026

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Mobility-based gerrymandering : theory and evidence

Mongrain, Steeve; Revelli, Federico; Van Ypersele, Tanguy; … - 2026

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Voter Switching and Policy Preferences: Evidence from Japan's 2025-2026 elections

Yamamura, Eiji; Todō, Yasuyuki - 2026

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The strategic use of microtargeting : the case of the German Federal Elections of 2025

Repp, Stefan - 2026

Political microtargeting (PMT) is often associated with data-intensive voter profiling and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. This paper argues that such a framing is increasingly outdated, particularly in tightly regulated contexts. Drawing on expert interviews, social media content analysis and...

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Ökonomische Folgen autoritären Regierens am Beispiel Ungarn : zur Parlamentswahl 2026 : ungarische Standortentwicklung im regionalen Vergleich

Radunz, Alexander - 2026 - Stand: April 2026

Viktor Orbáns FIDESZ hat nach 16 Regierungsjahren zum ersten Mal eine Wahlniederlage eingefahren. Vor allem wirtschaftliche Probleme als Folge eines autoritären und interventionistischen Regierungsstils haben den Ausschlag zum rasanten Aufstieg und Erdrutschsieg einer oppositionellen...

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Goodbye, Montesquieu : executive spillovers in judicial elections

Fontana, Nicola; Nannicini, Tommaso; Snyder, James M. Jr. - 2026

We study whether the partisan affiliation of U.S. state governors affects the outcome of partisan judicial elections. Exploiting close gubernatorial races from 1946 to 2023, we find that electing a Democratic (Republican) governor significantly increases the subsequent vote share of Democratic...

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Goodbye, montesquieu : executive spillovers in judicial elections

Fontana, Nicola; Nannicini, Tommaso; Snyder, James M. - 2026

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Anchoring inflation expectations : a teaching treatment and its persistence through the 2025 German federal election

Gockel, Christine; Strohsal, Till - 2026

We study how inflation expectations can be anchored through different forms of communication and whether such anchoring survives political change. Using a two-wave panel RCT around the 2025 German federal election, we show that providing the ECB's target and projections lowers expectations by...

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From votes to megawatts : policy outcomes of local elections

Bierl, Konrad; Eisenack, Klaus; Dulong, Angelika von; … - 2026

Do democratic elections affect policy outcomes, and how do these effects evolve over time? Existing evidence is mixed, focusing on federal elections in twoparty systems using RDDs. We study municipal elections in Germany's multiparty system, examining how electoral support for the...

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The global incumbency advantage

Descamps, Raphaël; Marx, Benjamin M.; Pons, Vincent; … - 2026

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The global incumbency advantage

Descamps, Raphael; Marx, Benjamin M.; Pons, Vincent; … - 2026

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The political legacy of displacement : evidence from the Spanish republican exile

Aranzana, Cristina; Paluskiewicz, Luc - 2026 - Version April 8th, 2026

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Local political uncertainty and branch banking : evidence from deposit rate setting

Cotter, John; Gam, Yong Kyu - 2026

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The impact of disinformation generated by AI on democracy case studies : the US presidential elections in 2016 & 2024

Ibrahim, Nourhan Tosson; Attia, Nada Adel - 2026

The paper studies the impact of disinformation generated by AI on democracy and it takes the US presidential elections in 2016 and 2024 as case studies.The paper depended on analyzing three concepts in order to formulate a theoretical framework, which are "Democracy", "Artificial Intelligence"...

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Personality traits and cognitive ability in political selection

Jokela, Markus; Meriläinen, Jaakko; Tukiainen, Janne; … - 2023 - February 2023 (first version July 2022, second version August 2022)

We present the first comprehensive evidence on the role of cognitive ability and personality traits in the selection of electoral candidates and election of politicians. Using unique data that combine population registers and election statistics from local government elections in Finland with...

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Elections, economic development and debt servicing in Africa

Quaicoe, Serebour - 2023

Despite the growing public debate on fiscal surprise during election periods in jurisdictions where the democratic dispensation is young, comprehensive empirical works to this effect in the case of Africa are hard to find. This study, therefore, sought to contribute to the debate on two counts....

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Elections, economic development and debt servicing in Africa

Quaicoe, Serebour - 2023

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The electric telegraph, news coverage, and political participation

Wang, Tianyi - 2025

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The Electric Telegraph, News Coverage and Political Participation

Wang, Tianyi - 2023

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The electric telegraph, news coverage and political participation

Wang, Tianyi - 2023

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The Electric Telegraph, News Coverage and Political Participation

Wang, Tianyi - 2023

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Do elections make you sick? : evidence from first-time voters

Chang, Hung-hao; Meyerhoefer, Chad D. - 2023

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The political consequences of vaccines: quasi-experimental evidence from eligibility rules

Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; González, Felipe - 2023

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The political consequences of vaccines : quasi-experimental evidence from eligibility rules

Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; González, Felipe - 2023

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Unveiling or concealing aspirations : how candidate gender influences voter response to political ambition

Endo, Yuya; Ono, Yoshikuni - 2023

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The Causal Effects of Trump's Reelection on Business Expectations of German Firms

Dovern, Jonas; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2025

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Information revelation in constant-sum games : elections and beyond

Kartik, Navin; Squintani, Francesco; Tinn, Katrin - 2025

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Public debt levels and real interest rates : causal evidence from parliamentary elections

Ehrlich, Gabriel; Kay, Owen; Thapar, Aditi - 2025

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Public Debt Levels and Real Interest Rates : Causal Evidence from Parliamentary Elections

Ehrlich, Gabriel - 2020

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Administrative failure, state capacity, and democratic exclusion : evidence from Berlin's 2021 election breakdown

Kröper, Marius - 2025

This paper studies the long-run effects of non-strategic administrative failures on voter participation. I exploit a natural experiment from Berlin’s 2021 elections, in which hundreds of precincts experienced ballot shortages, multi-hour queues, and unlawful polling closures. Using...

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Efficiency of poll-based multi-period forecasting systems for German state elections

Fritsch, Markus; Haupt, Harry; Schnurbus, Joachim - 2025

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Political budget cycles in federal systems : the case of India

Das, Sourav; Hufschmidt, Patrick; Mankat, Fabian; … - 2025

This paper examines Political Budget Cycles in federal systems, focusing on how a central incumbent allocates discretionary transfers across states in response to electoral incentives. We develop a theoretical model predicting that average discretionary transfers increase during federal election...

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Polarization and exposure to cross-partisan media in an electoral autocracy

Bowles, Jeremy; Larreguy, Horacio; Liu, Shelley; … - 2025

Political polarization is an increasing global concern. Although recent research suggests that media exposure can mitigate polarization through persuasion, it is unclear whether polarized individuals are willing to engage with diverse news sources, especially in electoral autocracies where...

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Political cycles of media repression

Schulze, Günther G.; Zakharov, Nikita - 2025

In this paper, we unveil targeted repression against journalists as an elaborate strategy used by modern autocrats to mitigate the risk of mass protests during autocratic elections-a common threat to their rule. Repression is deployed to discipline the media before elections to secure favorable...

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Political cycles of media repression

Schulze, Günther G.; Zakharov, Nikita - 2025

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Political cycles of media repression

Schulze, Günther G.; Zakharov, Nikita - 2023

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Drought declarations and voting outcomes : evidence from Tunisia

Hashish, Nourhan - 2025

Using a novel dataset in a difference-in-differences framework, I study the political implications of the change in policies protecting drought-impacted communities in Tunisia in 3088 districts. In 2016, the Tunisian government had drastically reduced support to farmers affected by droughts. I...

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A model of k-winners

Canales, Diego Armando - 2025

The concept of the Condorcet winner has become central to most electoral models in the political economy literature. A Condorcet winner is the alternative preferred by a plurality in every pairwise competition; the notion of a k-winner generalizes that of a Condorcet winner. The k-winner is the...

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When money can 't buy political love : lab experiments on vote buying in Ghana and Uganda

Burbidge, Dominic; Cheeseman, Nic; Serwaah-Panin, Amma - 2025

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National elections and sub-national electoral cycles : do strong fiscal rules matter in Europe?

Lopez Villavicencio, Antonia; Oriola, Hugo - 2025

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Report on "Partisan effects of information campaigns in competitive authoritarian elections: evidence from Bangladesh" by Ahmed et al. (2024)

Bensch, Gunther; Rose, Julian; Neubauer, Florian; … - 2025

This report compiles our recent comment on Ahmed, Hodler, and Islam (2024, AHI-2024) and our response to the authors' reply to our comment. Our report is one element in a concerted forensic reproduction of studies based on data collected by GDRI, a Bangladesh-based survey company. We appreciate...

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How anti-racist protests influence pro- and anti-migration voting behavior : evidence from national and European elections

Stephan, Meret; Schürmann, Lennart - 2025

Racist attacks and incidents frequently spark anti-racist protest campaigns. This research examines the effect of such mobilization on voting behavior in subsequent national and European elections. We focus on two periods of anti-racist demonstra-tions in Germany that followed 1) the killing of...

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How work shapes democracy : political preferences, populist attitudes and far-right voting intentions among the European labour force : a cross-country survey project in the face of the 2024 EU elections

Hövermann, Andreas; Kohlrausch, Bettina; Langer, Arnim; … - 2025

In the face of the 2024 European Parliament elections, the study at hand investigates the role of work, working conditions, and workers' voice for (anti-)democratic attitudes and far-right voting intentions. For this purpose, primary survey data was collected among the labour force in ten EU...

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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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Bundestagswahl unter neuen Vorzeichen

Martin, Christian W. - 2025

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Shaken politics : the electoral outcomes of disasters and social capital

Gualtieri, Giovanni; Nicolini, Marcella; Sabatini, Fabio; … - 2025

We study the electoral repercussions of the L'Aquila earthquake in 2009, one of Italy's most catastrophic post-WWII seismic events. We construct a unique municipality-level dataset, combining high-resolution data on the ground acceleration recorded during the earthquake with European election...

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