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UNDERSTANDING, TYPES AND STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS [PDF]
Hum, 2014 Discussion about elections and electoral systems is in fact discussion about the effects of representative bodies in democratic political systems. Understanding of that link is not possible without knowing technical details used for forming electoral ...
Gordana Iličić
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Electoral Systems and Public Spending
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001 We study the effects of electoral institutions on the size and composition of public expenditure in OECD and Latin American countries. We present a model emphasizing the distinction between purchases of goods and services, which are easier to target geographically, and transfers, which are easier to target across social groups. Voters have an incentive
Roberto Perotti +2 more
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Proportional Electoral Systems and Number of Parties in Parliament Evidence from Macedonia
Politics in Central Europe, 2019 What is the best electoral system to increase the number of political parties represented in Parliament? This article answers the question using data from all the elections in Macedonia since 2002, and by making simulations of the results according to ...
Daskalovski Zhidas
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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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ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EU MEMBER STATES: AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE [PDF]
Trakia Journal of Sciences, 2020 The electoral system plays a significant role in various areas of the functioning of the states. Alongside this, there are areas, which can't be affected by the change in the electoral system or of the electoral system type.
D. Pastarmadzhieva
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Social Sciences and Humanities OpenThis study examines whether electoral system design is associated with electoral violence in 66 non-Western democracies from 2000 to 2023. Drawing on data from more than 300 election cycles and using pooled Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression models ...
Ernest Yeboah Asamoa
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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag +3 more
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Interface Charge Induced Multifunctional Manipulations in Metals
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Voltage‑controlled interface charge enables giant, reversible modulation of magnetic anisotropy, magnetization, and resistivity in common metals. Space‑separated ions and electrons accumulate at interfaces, producing strong interfacial capacitor effect and high‑density electrons injection.
Qiang Cao +10 more
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Maybe It’s Time to change the Order of the Seimas Elections?
Politologija, 2022 This article discusses the problems of the mixed parallel voting electoral system applied in the Seimas elections, paying more attention to its geographical aspect – the problems caused by the frequent redrawing of single-member constituencies due to ...
Rolandas Tučas, Giedrius Kanapka
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Expanded Farm Safety Net Payments Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) strengthens the agricultural risk coverage (ARC) and price loss coverage (PLC) programs by aligning program parameters more closely with recent market dynamics and allows for an expansion in program acres. This study projects the increases in ARC‐County and PLC payments for corn, soybeans, and wheat under
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn +5 more
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