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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 105 avhandlingar innehållade ordet elections.
1. Parties, Majorities, Incumbencies : Four essays in political economics
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
2. Competitive Elections in Authoritarian States : Weak States, Strong Elites, and Fractional Societies in Central Asia and Beyond
Sammanfattning : Why do some authoritarian states have competitive elections? This study shows that whenever there is a balance of power between candidates, competitiveness will ensue. Electoral fraud is often widespread in autocratic states, but if no single candidate or party is in a position to monopolize electoral support the result will be competitive. LÄS MER
3. The Power of Elections : Democratic Participation, Competition and Legitimacy in Africa
Sammanfattning : This book is about elections and democracy in newly democratizing countries. Building on a new data set of 5,568 observations in 232 elections, it provides evidence elections have a casual impact on improving the quality of democracy in Africa in more than one way. LÄS MER
4. Making their way home from Brussels. New Political Parties in European and National Elections
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies new political parties in the context of both European and national elections. It argues that the study of new political parties should not focus only on the national level. This is particularly true for new parties in Europe, since these can also aim for representation in the European Parliament. LÄS MER
5. Essays on Economic Voting, Cognitive Dissonance, and Trust
Sammanfattning : Essay 1: (with Henrik Jordahl and Panu Poutvaara) We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. LÄS MER