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Electoral systems and immigration [PDF]
European Journal of Political Economy, 2019 Abstract Unexplored stylized facts on OECD countries suggest that plurality electoral systems are associated with higher openness to immigration. We propose an explanation based on a retrospective voting model where immigration hurts voters but benefits a rent-seeking policymaker who appropriates part of the income generated by immigrants.
Giuseppe Russo, Francesco Salsano
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Politics and Governance, 2020 The literature on forms of particularism explores the impact of institutional variables on what is denoted, alternatively, as constituency service, pork-barrel politics, or corruption.
Simona Piattoni +1 more
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Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2021 Stylized facts appear in electoral processes worldwide, from Brazil to India. Here, we update a statistics carried on in Mexican elections but considering the inhomogeneities in electoral districts through the Nominal List (NL) (the list of valid ...
H. Hernández-Saldaña
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Electoral Systems and Corruption [PDF]
Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico, 2004 Recently, many scholars have tried to explain how electoral systems are linked to corruption Several theories emerged but still no consensus has been reached. With a dataset of about 50 democratic countries considered over 10 years we try to understand which of the effects highlighted in the theoretical literature domínales.
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Frontiers in Political Science, 2022 The use of electronic voting has been considered an important tool to improve electoral processes in some circumstances, with potential effects in party-voter linkages and participation. However, many countries are skeptical in adopting this digital tool
Marco Lisi, Carla Luís
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I sistemi elettorali nelle regioni a statuto ordinario: un'analisi comparata
QOE-IJES, 2016 The goal of this paper is to answer the following question: what are the regional electoral systems in Italy now? After sixteen years of «electoral federalism», the electoral systems used to elect the President and the Regional Council have suffered ...
Nicolas Alejandro Cunial +1 more
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, 2022 Abstract This chapter examines the Portuguese electoral system. Firstly, it unpacks its institutional building blocks by examining districts, magnitude, and the electoral formula. Secondly, it examines the historical roots of the electoral system to understand the incentives that led constitution-makers to choose particular electoral ...
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Come in Italia? Riforme elettorali e sistema politico in Giappone
QOE-IJES, 2003 Italia e Giappone: due casi comparabili? Il Giappone: il sistema elettorale del 1947 e il "sistema del 1955". La scissione del Partito Liberal-democratico e le elezioni del 1993. Il nuovo sistema elettorale del 1994. Le elezioni del 1996: il
Antonio Boselli
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The effect of political institutions on the size of government spending in European Union member states and Croatia [PDF]
Financial Theory and Practice, 2013 This paper presents an overview of theoretical and empirical research on the interaction between political institutions and economic variables. Using the dynamic panel model, the paper also investigates the indirect effects of electoral systems on the ...
Martina Basarac Sertic +1 more
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The role of political competition in the link between electoral systems and corruption: an extension
European Journal of Government and Economics, 2015 This work provides an extension to an international context of the analysis made by Alfano, Baraldi and Cantabene (2013) on the role of political competition as a channel through which electoral systems affect corruption.
Maria Rosaria Alfano, Anna Laura Baraldi
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