Sökning: "local gentry"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden local gentry.

  1. 1. Herrskapen och den lokala politiken : Eds socken, ca 1650–1900

    Författare :Joakim Malmström; Jan Lindegren; Margareta Revera; Carin Bergström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :History; Sweden 1650-1900; parish; church; parish assemblies; local gentry; estates; politics and policies; patriarchalism; commercial farming; Historia; Eds socken; herrskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on the local gentry (herrskapen) in a rural parish, just north of the Swedish capital of Stockholm, in the years 1650–1900. During this period, Sweden was transformed from a traditional agrarian society into an industrial state. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Essays in Political Economics

    Författare :Jaakko Meriläinen; Torsten Persson; David Strömberg; Toke Aidt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; 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