Essays about: "Income voting"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the words Income voting.

  1. 16. Robin who? Using indivisible labor and systemic misapprehension to solve the Robin Hood paradox of the Meltzer and Richard model on government size.

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Alice Hallman; [2017]
    Keywords : Political economy; Robin Hood paradox; Meltzer-Richard Model; income distribution; voting equilibrium;

    Abstract : To better understand why "history reveals a 'Robin Hood paradox,' in which redistribution from rich to poor is least present when and where it seems to be most needed." (Lindert, 2004, p.15), I make two modifications to the model of Meltzer and Richard (1981) on government size. READ MORE

  3. 17. Money, Money, Money.... Pocketbook Voting in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Anna Rosén; Oscar Franzén; [2015]
    Keywords : Economic voting; Voting behavior; Income voting; Pocketbook voting; Income changes;

    Abstract : Using a new dataset with objective changes in personal income between two elections we explore potential pocketbook effects on voter behavior. In contrast to previous research, our study does not rely on subjective perceptions of changes in individuals' private economic situation. READ MORE

  4. 18. Värdet av ökad kvalitet av Tinnerö eklandskap : en värderingsstudie med Contingent valuation method

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Raisa Svensson; [2008]
    Keywords : The Contingent Valuation Method; värderingsmetod; monetärt värde; ekonomiskt värde; värderingsstudie; Chi-2 test;

    Abstract : Around 85 percent of the total population in Sweden today lives in an urban environment. This means that the nature within the urban areas has come to play an important role for the human well being. At the broader picture, the nature within urban areas is profitable in many ways. READ MORE

  5. 19. Voting - Relationship between economic factors and the probability to vote on populist parties : A study of 2006 Swedish election to parliament

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Kristof Pete; [2007]
    Keywords : economic voting; populism; voting behaviour; political competition; ekonomisk röstning; populism; röstningsbeteende; politisk tävlan;

    Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to identify relationships between economic factors and the probability to vote on populist parties. The results are in turn based on the populist parties’ outcome in the 2006 Swedish election to parliament. READ MORE

  6. 20. A Study of the CFC-Legislation in the United States and Its Compatibility With International Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Blomstrand; [2005]
    Keywords : Skatterätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Globalization and the deregulation of currencies have had a negative impact on the domestic tax systems of states and the tax bases on which these rely. Tax policies of sovereign states have, historically, been the means of maintaining a high standard of public services why reduced tax bases could arguably be a threat to the welfare state. READ MORE