Essays about: "Income voting"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words Income voting.

  1. 11. Political Participation and Development : Operationalizing and testing the correlation between inclusive political institutions and economic development.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Matias Otero Johansson; [2019]
    Keywords : Inclusive institutions; economic growth; development; democracy; voter turnout;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to clarify the correlation between economic development and inclusive political institutions. Research in the field of development economics highlights the importance of durable institutions for sustained economic growth. Daron Acemoglu and James A. READ MORE

  3. 12. Brexit: The predictors of a district majority vote

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Stephen Maconi; [2019]
    Keywords : Brexit; EU referendum; logistic regression; economics;

    Abstract : In June 2016, the United Kingdom held its EU referendum, colloquially known as Brexit, in which the people of the island nation voted on whether their country should remain a member of or leave the European Union. This thesis investigates what economic variables may have lain behind the majority outcome of a given voting area (or district) and to what degree they may have impacted it. READ MORE

  4. 13. Income changes and voting in Sweden during the 1990’s: : Is voting an inferior good?

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet

    Author : Erik Wätterbjörk; [2019]
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  5. 14. Why isn't there enough housing?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Faber; [2018]
    Keywords : municipality monopoly; building permit; housing shortage; shift in power; Difference-in-difference; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In 1947 the municipalities in Sweden received the monopoly to decide on and plan their land. Despite this, over 80 percent of the municipalities in Sweden say they experience lack of housing today. This thesis applies The Homevoter Hypothesis introduced by William A. READ MORE

  6. 15. Who Listens to a Stock Index?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Eric Olsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Class Biased Economic voting; Economic Voting; Stock Market Participation.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Previous findings on the subject of Class Biased Economic Voting (CBEV) suggests that voters who are not among the wealthiest elite respond positively, in terms of probability of voting for the incumbent party or president, to income growth among the wealthiest 5% of households, and more so than to mean income growth. The aim of this paper is to explore if this type of bias voting is due to voters paying attention to macroeconomic variables that are correlated with economic fortunes of the wealthiest elites. READ MORE