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THE INFLUENCE OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONING OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
For one democratic society the elections are one of the most important phenomena. That is why the creation of the electoral system is one of the most important chains of the institutional engineering.
Marko Krtolica
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Bisphosphonates are widely used to treat osteoporosis and to manage bone metastases in patients with breast cancer. Nitrogen‐based bisphosphonates may also broadly reduce cancer risk, but evidence remains inconsistent. This large population‐based data linkage study in women aged > 50 years found that, compared to no use of osteoporosis medicines ...
Karen M. Tuesley +7 more
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ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
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Simulating Voting Rule Reforms for the Italian Parliament: An Economic Perspective
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the debate about the electoral rules in Italy. In particular, we simulate some voting rules to test what is the best electoral system on the basis of a utility function that takes into account two indices ...
Roberto Ricciuti +2 more
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Records of the Women's Electoral Lobby
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Women's Electoral Lobby
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Climate Change Laws and European Stock Markets: An Event Analysis
ABSTRACT Under the context of the climate change we assess the impact of EU's legislative initiative on European stock markets. Specifically, we focus on its impact on energy and Environmental Social Governance (ESG) sectors for equity returns and volatility for a representative basket of EU countries (participating also in Eurozone) as well as ...
Theodoros Bratis +2 more
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The empirical literature shows that incumbent politicians move expenditure from one budget item to another before elections and under different electoral systems in order to capture voter consensus and gain re-election. However, little attention has been
Santolini, Raffaella
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Financial Literacy, Financial Development and Economic Growth
ABSTRACT While significant progress has been made in exploring the importance of financial literacy, its impact on economic growth and financial development from a macroeconomic point of view remains thinly understood. This paper provides fresh evidence on the relationship between financial literacy, financial development and economic growth.
Spyridon Boikos +2 more
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Context matters for the relationship between national identity and perceived democratic quality: National pride as a blind spot. [PDF]
Hadarics M.
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Brexit and Its Impact on EU Financial Markets
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of Brexit on volatility spillovers across the EU countries. We introduce a Brexit intensity measure that assigns an intensity score reflective of the financial markets' reaction to the events that occurred as Brexit negotiations began to unfold.
Marwan Izzeldin +3 more
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