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Policy Platforms, Campaign Spending and Voter Participation [PDF]
We model electoral competition between two parties in a winner-take-all election. Parties choose strategically first their platforms and then their campaign spending under aggregate uncertainty about voters' preferences.
Cesar Martinelli +2 more
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To What Extent Does ESG Performance Influence Board Engagement in Acquisition Activity?
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between boards and corporate acquisition activity. Specifically, we posit that boards with directors who have been politicians positively influence the propensity to pursue acquisitions and that ESG performance (divided into environmental, social, and governance scores) moderates this relationship.
Leticia Pérez‐Calero +4 more
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Voting for the Electoral System: an Experiment. [PDF]
The choice of the electoral system should be delegated to the citizens. However, citizens are not sufficiently informed to choose the system directly.
Ortona, Guido
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SPATIAL INEQUALITIES AND ELECTORAL PREFERENCES IN CENTRAL EUROPE
GEOgraphiaThis study describes the electoral implications of spatial polarization in Poland, the Czech Republic and eastern Germany. Empirically, it highlights the voting behavior of residents from selected territories as examples of disadvantaged regions in these three countries, and the conditions that shape such behavior. We explore whether these implications
Jerzy Bański +5 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to provide evidence of the impact of civil liberties and political rights on corporate innovation, through the lens of institutional theory. Moreover, the research also analyses the moderating role of the CSR committee in the relationships between civil liberties and innovation, and political rights and innovation.
Isabel Gallego‐Álvarez +1 more
wiley +1 more source
Politicians’ Motivation, Political Culture, and Electoral Competition [PDF]
We study electoral competition among politicians who are heterogeneous both in competence and in how much they care about (what they perceive as) the public interest relative to the private rents from being in office. We show that politicians’ incentives
Klaas J. Beniers, Robert Dur
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HOW GOVERNMENTS RESPOND TO BUSINESS DEMANDS FOR TAX CUTS: AN ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE AND INHERITANCE TAX REFORMS IN AUSTRIA AND SWEDEN. CES Open Forum Series 2018-2019 [PDF]
, 2019 This paper analyses government responsiveness to business demands for tax cuts, using case studies of reforms of corporate taxes and inheritance taxes in Austria and Sweden.
Klitgaard, Michael Baggesen +1 more
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Exploring university student perspectives of a challenge‐based curriculum
The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The world faces multiple global and local challenges, with some describing one challenge, climate breakdown, as an existential threat. Publications in this journal have highlighted the importance of curricula that help students better understand and address these challenges.
Miles Thompson +3 more
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Humaniora, 2015 Electoral democracy generates the political elites. Because these political elites are born through a democratic process, they are expected to practice their power in accordance to the basic principles of democracy. One of them is to open the opportunity
Yustinus Suhardi Ruman
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