Essays about: "Median Voter"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Median Voter.

  1. 1. MAINSTREAMING THE FARRIGHT: The Use of Anti-Migrant Frames in Sweden and France

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Abigail Lantz; [2021-07-14]
    Keywords : Framing; Far-Right; Migration; Mainstreaming;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the mainstreaming of far-right anti-migrant frames in Sweden and France. Using a qualitative approach combining frame theory and supplementary data from publicly available sources, the thesis documents when three anti-migrant frames transferred from the political manifestos of far-right to center and center-right political parties across three elections. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Culture and the Municipality - A Love Story? : Exploring what determines cultural spending decisions

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Siloni Günther; Anna Edlund; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper examines possible determinants of per capita local government spending on culture and the arts in Sweden within the median voter framework. Here, our analysis is based on a cross-sectional data set consisting of all 290 Swedish municipalities in the year of 2016. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. The Effect pf Economic Inequality on Demand for Redistribtion

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Love Christensen; Pontus Hagman; [2013-10-28]
    Keywords : demand for redistribution; economic inequality; political economy;

    Abstract : In this paper we have examined the relationship between economic inequality and demand for redistribution for 23 OECD countries and 17 European countries respectively. We depart from two different theories with contradictory predictions of the relationship between demand for redistribution and economic inequality: the median voter theorem predicting a positive correlation (Meltzer and Richard 1986), and the social distance model (MacRae 2006) predicting a negative correlation. READ MORE