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Elective Affinities [PDF]

open access: yesTheoretical Economics Letters, 2011
We propose a marriage model where assortative matching results in equilibrium for reasons other than those driving similar results in the search and matching literature. A marriage is a joint venture where husband and wife contribute to the couple’s welfare by allocating their time to portfolios of risky activities.
Daniela Di Cagno   +2 more
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Recall Elections: A Tool of Accountability? Evidence from Peru [PDF]

open access: yesDesarrollo y Sociedad, 2021
I examine the role of recall elections in Peruvian municipalities to evaluate whether they are used as a tool to increase political accountability.
Michael Haman
doaj   +1 more source

The Usefulness of Corruptible Elections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The belief that elections reduce rent seeking by government officials is widely held, likewise the belief that rent seeking decreases as elections are less subject to corruption.
Brandt, Loren, Turner, Matthew
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Government Discretion of the Regional Election Implementation During Covid-19 Pandemic Through Technology Utilitization

open access: yesKanun, 2021
The simultaneous regional elections held in 2020 in Indonesia encountered a problem. The constraints experienced are not due to a lack of supply materials for the elections or the absence of regulations on the regional elections, but to a condition ...
Dani Habibi, Danang Ari Wibowo
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Analisis Faktor Determinan Tingkat Partisipasi Pemilih Penyandang Disabilitas Pada Pemilihan Umum 2019

open access: yesPerspektif: Jurnal Ilmu-ilmu Sosial, 2021
The manifestation of democratic values in Indonesia as the actualization of power in the hands of the people is the implementation of general elections (Pemilu) and regional head elections.
Liza Noviani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The 2009 European Election in Italy: National or European? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In June 2009, European citizens voted in the European Parliamentary elections. Despite the relevance of the election, turnout across countries was particularly low. In Italy, too, abstention is growing and this paper aims to explain why. Traditionally,
Serricchio, Fabio
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Political equality without social equality? Social distortion of voter turnout in the European elections 2019 across nine European capitals

open access: yesResearch & Politics, 2020
Although we know a lot about why citizens vote or abstain in elections, the social inequality of low turnout in European elections has attracted little attention.
Stefan Haußner, Michael Kaeding
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Pragmatic inferences and self-relevant judgments: The moderating role of age, prevention, focus, and need for cognition

open access: yesCogent Psychology, 2016
Three studies examined the influence of type of scale on self-relevant judgments and the moderating role of age, prevention, focus, and need for cognition.
Rogelio Puente-Diaz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elections as Vehicles for Change? Explaining different outcomes of democratic performance and government alternation in Africa

open access: yesCadernos de Estudos Africanos, 2019
Does having more regular elections improve democratic performance in Africa? And have elections transformed the patterns of alternation in government? To answer these questions, two analyses are conducted drawing on an original dataset of 179 elections ...
Edalina Rodrigues Sanches   +1 more
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Reflecting on the Nigerian Media, Elections, and the African Democracy

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2016
This article examines how the media could enhance the conduct of elections. It also discusses the implications of the 2007 elections on public assessment of Nigerian democracy.
Godwin Ehiarekhian Oboh
doaj   +1 more source

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