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Frontiers in Political ScienceThis paper introduces an unsupervised framework that illustrates how insights gathered from opinion surveys regarding the functionality of democracy can be connected to social media messages of politicians on an international scale.
Maud Reveilhac, Davide Morselli
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International Journal of Communication, 2021 Social scientists have long studied international differences in political culture and communication. An influential strand of theory within political science argues that different types of political systems generate different parliamentary cultures ...
Livia van Vliet +2 more
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Mackerels in the moonlight. A model of corrupt politicians [PDF]
This paper examines causes of the persistence of corruption among elected politicians in democracies. We study a theoretical model of competition between two candidates who differ both in ability and popularity in a probabilistic voting setup.
Haldun Evrenk
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How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms [PDF]
How does anti-immigrant rhetoric by mainstream politicians affect norms of tolerance? How does this compare to similar statements made by radical-right politicians?
Daniel Ziblatt +2 more
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Politicians “on board”! Do political connections affect banking activities in Italy? [PDF]
This paper analyzes the effects of political presence in the boards of directors of cooperative banks. We refer our analysis to all politicians (almost 160.000) belonging to a political body in Italy.
Farina, Vincenzo +3 more
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The Transparency of Politics and the Quality of Politicians [PDF]
In this paper, we analyze the relationship between the transparency of politics and the quality of politicians in a model of parties’ political recruitment.
Antonio Merlo, Andrea Mattozzi
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The Limits of Labor Legislation Reforms: Rigidity, Growth, and Employment in Brazil (1995–2010)
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2016 The literature addressing market dynamics typically assumes that reforming labor legislation has a direct impact on economic performance, the configuration of labor markets, and the strength of labor organizations.
Jean François Mayer
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Informing the Euthanasia Debate: Perceptions of Australian Politicians
, 2018 In the debate on euthanasia or assisted dying, many different arguments have been advanced either for or against legal reform in the academic literature, and much contemporary academic research seeks to engage with these arguments.
Purser, Kelly +5 more
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Election cycles in MPs' outside interests? The UK House of Commons, 2005-2010 [PDF]
Politicians often implement popular changes in public policies prior to elections, with the aim of improving their Election Day outcome. This research note evaluates whether such electioneering carries over also into politicians' extra-parliamentary ...
Geys, Benny
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological StudiesThe budget presentation in Ghana’s parliament is an annual ritual required by the 1992 Constitution. As stipulated in Article 179, the Budget Statement and Economic Policy should detail the revenues and expenditures of the government for the upcoming ...
Kojo Okyere
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