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Journal of Public Economics, 2000 We present a simple theory of the quality (competence and honesty) of elected officials. Our theory offers three main insights. Low-quality citizens have a 'comparative advantage' in pursuing elective office, because their market wages are lower than those of high-quality citizens (competence), and/or because they reap higher returns from holding ...
Caselli, Francesco, Morelli, Massimo
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Overprotected Politicians [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 This paper argues that politicians are overprotected. The costs of politicalnassassination differ systematically depending on whether a private or a public point of view is taken. A politician attributes a very high (if not infinite) cost to his or her survival.
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BMJ, 1994 Health professionals have often claimed that politicians do not listen to them. When given the opportunity to have their voices heard they do not always make the most of it. The Rhodes health forum, convened under the Greek presidency of the European Union last week, offered an opportunity for ministers of health and professionals to come together to ...
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THE DOCTOR AS A POLITICIAN. [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1899 The doctor is virtually a political nonentity. In our legislative halls we are practically without representation, and the few that are engaged in politics are really not pursuing the practice of medicine. The rank and file of physicians are not, as a rule, particularly concerned in the solution of problems calculated to affect medicine politically. Is
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Twitter dialogue: an analysis of Pakistani politicians’ information sharing [PDF]
, 2022 Purpose: The use of Twitter by political parties and politicians has been well studied in developed countries. However, there is a lack of empirical work which has examined the use of Twitter in developing countries. The present study aims to explore the
Mahmood, Khalid +3 more
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Politicians’ social welfare criteria: an experiment with German legislators [PDF]
, 2023 Much economic analysis derives policy recommendations based on social welfare criteria intended to model the preferences of a policy maker. Yet, little is known about policy maker’s normative views in a way amenable to this use.
Blesse, Sebastian +4 more
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, 2009 We collect data on the rules and practices of financial and conflict disclosure by politicians in 175 countries. Although two thirds of the countries have some disclosure laws, less than a third make disclosures available to the public. Disclosure is more extensive in richer and more democratic countries.
Djankov, S. +3 more
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Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media
Media and Communication, 2023 In the recent past, social media has become a central channel and means for political and societal mobilization. Mobilization refers to the process by which political parties, politicians, social movements, activists, and other political and social ...
Jörg Haßler +2 more
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Harassment, stalking, threats and attacks targeting New Zealand politicians: a mental health issue [PDF]
, 2015 The harassment of politicians has significant psychosocial costs for both the victim and the perpetrator and represents an opportunity for mental health intervention.
Michele Pathé +5 more
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Politicians’ Facial Width-to-Height Ratio and their Electoral Success
Psychological Topics, 2020 Previous studies have shown that during the election process voters rely on different physical characteristics of political candidates. For example, politicians who are perceived as more competent have greater electoral success.
Irena Pavela Banai +2 more
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