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The importance of electoral rule: Evidence from Italy [PDF]

We employ bootstrap methods (Efron (1979)) to test the eect of an important electoral reform implemented in Italy from 1993 to 2001, that moved the system for electing the Par- liament from purely proportional to plurality rule (for 75% of the seats). We
Andrea Monticini, Massimo Bordignon
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Lame but loyal ducks [PDF]

, 2015
This paper analyzes the consequences of an electoral reform introducing mayoral term limits at the municipal level in Portugal. Relying on a difference-in-difference methodology and a novel method that accounts for anticipatory effects of reforms, this ...
Lopes da Fonseca, Mariana
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The electivity of public authorities in the Russian Federation and the Russian pre-revolutionary electoral qualification system

Правоприменение, 2018
The subject. The article explores the principle of electivity as the principle of organization the public power in the Russian Empire, Soviet Russia and in the modern Russian Federa-tion.The purpose of this paper is to show how the principle of ...
A. Kostyukov
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The Importance of the Electoral Rule: Evidence from Italy [PDF]

We employ bootstrap methods (Efron (1979)) to test the effect of an important electoral reform implemented in Italy from 1993 to 2001, that moved the system for electing the Par-liament from purely proportional to plurality rule (for 75% of the seats ...
Andrea Monticini, Massimo Bordignon
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Do referendums ever resolve constitutional debates? [PDF]

, 2010
The result of the AV referendum has been widely argued, most obviously by opponents of change, to have ‘settled the issue’ of electoral reform. With a few notable exceptions, includingChris Huhne, prominent supporters of a ‘Yes’ vote have done relatively
Wilks-Heeg, Stuart
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Cleavages, Institutions, and Democracy in Indonesia: The 2024 Elections in Comparative Perspective

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
Indonesian democracy is characterised by large governing coalitions and a dominant presidency, coupled with weak parties with few programmatic differences. These features of coalitional presidentialism are the product of a presidential form of government
Thomas B. Pepinsky
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Los órganos electorales estatales y la reforma política de 2013

Revista del Instituto Electoral del Estado de México. Apuntes Electorales, 2014
En nuestro país, desde la creación de los órganos electorales, éstos siempre han vivido en una tensión constante entre la autonomía y la subordinación.
Jorge Gerardo Flores Díaz, Antonio Faustino Torres   +1 more
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Mechanical and psychological effects of electoral reform [PDF]

, 2011
Duverger (1954) noted that changes in electoral systems will have two types of effects: mechanical effects, and reactions of political agents in anticipation of these, which he referred to as psychological effects.
Fiva, Jon H., Folke, Olle
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The Politics of Economic Reform in Thailand: Crisis and Compromise [PDF]

, 2004
What explains the varying responses by Thai governments to changes in the international economic environment over time. To answer this the paper emphasizes the link between the nature of the political structure/policymaking environment and the government’
Hicken, Allen
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The Politics of Voter Fraud [PDF]

, 2007
The purpose of this report is to disentangle the myth from the reality and to separate the politics of voter fraud from legitimate administrative concerns about the integrity of the electoral process.
Lorraine C. Minnite
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