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1. 6. Parties, Majorities, Incumbencies : Four essays in political economics

   Författare :Christian Odendahl; David Strömberg; Jakob Svensson; Eva Mörk; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; elections; political economics; close elections; local spending; local taxation; voter transition; incumbency; coalition governments; voting power; regression discontinuity; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays on political economics. The first paper studies the impact of having one party in government versus a coalition of parties, where the exogenous variation in the type of government stems from close election outcomes. LÄS MER

3. 7. Essays on Pensions and Information

   Författare :Dan Anderberg; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education Policies; Time-consistency; Education Incentives; Cross-subsidies; Redistribution; Moral Hazard; Disability Insurance; Public Pensions; Voting; Assets; Adverse selection; Private pension markets; Actuarial science; Försäkring ej försäkringsrätt S137 ;

   Sammanfattning : The first essay examines the outcome in a competitive private pension market characterised by adverse selection. In addition to using the private pension market, the consumers can save in a bequeathable asset. LÄS MER

4. 8. Essays in Political Economics

   Författare :Jaakko Meriläinen; Torsten Persson; David Strömberg; Toke Aidt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Class-based voting; close elections; economic policy; ideology; local government; political parties; political promotions; political representation; politician quality; rank effects; regression discontinuity design; voting behavior; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : When Does Regression Discontinuity Design Work? Evidence from Random Election OutcomesWe use elections data in which a large number of ties in vote counts between candidates are resolved via a lottery to study the personal incumbency advantage. We benchmark non-experimental regression discontinuity design (RDD) estimates against the estimate produced by this experiment that suggests that there is no personal incumbency advantage. LÄS MER

5. 9. The pricing of shares with different voting power and the theory of oceanic games

   Författare :Kristian Rydqvist; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : The price difference for shares with different voting power is, in some sense, a quantitative measure of the value of control which is used empirically to investigate the theory of oceanic games, a model of the power distribution among shareholders. The results show that all shareholders, including the very small, have power in a competitive market for corporate control. LÄS MER

7. 10. I linje med partiet? : Maktspel och lojalitet i den svenska riksdagen

   Författare :Lars Davidsson; Jörgen Hermansson; Olof Petersson; Helena Wockelberg; Kaare Strøm; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Political science; principal-agent theory; legislative behavior; Swedish politics; constitutional politics; parliamentarians; parliamentary party group; party loyalty; party discipline; party cohesion; preference vote; budgetary reform; electoral reform; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; statskunskap;

   Sammanfattning : The preconditions for Swedish MPs’ (Members of Parliament) loyalty to their parliamentary party groups have been modified by two recent constitutional changes: the introduction of preference voting in the electoral system in 1998, and the 1997 reorganisation of the national budgetary process. The main purpose of this thesis is to determine the impact of these reforms on Swedish MPs’ inclination to defect from their party group’s interests. LÄS MER