Essays about: "the effects of elections"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 62 essays containing the words the effects of elections.

1. 6. Do niche parties make a difference? The effect of extremist parties’ council representation on public policy

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Mona Dapfer; [2023]
   Keywords : party competition; legislative bargaining; public policy; regression discontinuity design;

   Abstract : This paper examines the causal effect of niche parties’ council representation on policy outcomes in Spain between 2003 and 2022. Focusing on the far-left IU and far-right VOX as niche parties, it utilizes local-level data on municipal elections. READ MORE

3. 7. PARTISAN ELECTORAL CYCLES AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. A quantitative study of subnational governments in the US and Canada

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Felix Bäckstedt; [2022-11-07]
   Keywords : COVID-19; subnational; government response; Electoral Cycles; partisanship;

   Abstract : Although decisive government response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been critical to keep down infection rates such policies have also brought with it substantial social and economic costs. Much scholarly attention has been directed towards how political determinants have influenced elected leaders’ decision making on this. READ MORE

4. 8. THE IMPLICATION OF POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE ON AGGREGATE ELECTION RESULTS

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ylva Larsson; [2022-10-03]
   Keywords : Political Knowledge; Political Information; Voting; European Parliament Elections; Swedish parliamentary elections; First- and second order elections; Sweden; 2009; 2010; 2014;

   Abstract : Political knowledge is a key concept in research on democracy, elections, and political behavior.1 While several studies that examine political knowledge’s effects on the aggregate election results have been conducted, none of them compare knowledge effects across types of elections. READ MORE

5. 9. THE PROMISE OF CHANGE. Key Aspects of Democracy and Quality of Government Against Infant Mortality

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Joseph Siaw Akowuah; [2022-06-17]
   Keywords : Democracy; Quality of Government; Infant Mortality; Electoral Democracy; Liberal Components; Impartiality; Corruption and Bureaucratic Quality;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates which aspects of democracy and quality of government (QoG) drive the inverse relationship democracy and the quality of government has with infant mortality. Though studies exist on democracy as well as QoG and infant mortality, the literature does not provide findings on the aspects of these broad concepts of democracy and QoG driving the democracy – QoG and infant mortality relationship. READ MORE

6. 10. Contact or threat? : A quantitative study on the effects of refugee reception on electoral support for right-wing populists in Swedish municipalities

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Daniel Larsson; [2022]
   Keywords : immigration; refugees; right-wing populism; Sweden; Sweden Democrats; contact theory; economic threat; cultural threat;

   Abstract : This study investigates the connection between refugee reception in Swedish municipalities and support for the Swedish right-wing populist party, the Sweden Democrats. Using panel data of electoral support for the Sweden Democrats in the elections 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 and the number of refugees received per municipality in the years since the preceding election, I find a positive and significant association between support for the Sweden Democrats and number of refugees received. READ MORE