Essays about: "Municipal elections"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words Municipal elections.

  1. 1. What is the effect of political coalitions on economic outcomes? : A Regression Discontinuity approach for Swedish municipalities during 1994-2017

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gustav Aronsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Close Elections; Political Coalitions; Economic Outcomes; Policy Convergence; Policy Divergence; Swedish Municipalities; Modified Sainte-Laguë method; Regression Discontinuity Design.;

    Abstract : This thesis identifies the effect of traditional political coalitions on the left-right spectrum in Swedish municipal politics on economic outcomes such as Municipal Revenues, Expenditures, Net-expenditures, Municipal Tax-rates, Unemployment, and the share of Municipal Employment. To do so, varying time spans of Swedish municipal data from 1994-2017 are used in a regression discontinuity design, basing its identification on quasi-random variation created by close municipal elections. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. A Green Menace in Algeria? : A case study of the Front Islamique du Salut and the rejection of Islamism

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nadia Younnesse; [2022]
    Keywords : Political science; Islamism; Algeria; Case study;

    Abstract : This study examines the case of the Front Islamique du Salut (FIS), a political party that in the early 1990s regrouped various Islamist currents in Algeria and managed to win the municipal elections, and its victory was expected in the parliamentary elections. However, an abrupt coup d’état undertaken by the military and backed inexplicitly by international opinion was to end the party’s success. READ MORE

  5. 4. Electoral gender quotas in post-communist societies: Evidence from Polish municipalities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Ellen Wallin; [2021]
    Keywords : electoral gender quotas; local politics; discontinuity-in-differences; Poland;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the short-term effects of a legislative gender quota in candidate lists using evidence from local elections in Poland. In the context of open lists systems, quotas were introduced in 2018 in municipalities with proportional representation (over 20,000 inhabitants). READ MORE

  6. 5. Closeness and voter turnout

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jimmy Bergström; [2021]
    Keywords : voter turnout; closeness; rational choice;

    Abstract : In this paper I examine how closeness between the traditional political blocks affects voter turnout in the Swedish municipal elections 2014 and 2018. The results of the two elections shows that closeness between the traditional blocks is not a relevant factor for individuals when they decide to vote or abstain. READ MORE