Essays about: "Negative Campaigning"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words Negative Campaigning.
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6. You Say You Want a Revolution - A Model on the Implications of Prospect Theory on Voting Behaviour
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : In this thesis we create a voting model with a prospect theory foundation, introducing reference-dependent risk preferences, loss aversion, and probability weighting in the individual utility function. Classical voting models represent perfectly rational voters, we argue that voter behaviour can be better modelled by introducing prospect theory preferences, especially recent political trends. READ MORE
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7. EFFECTS OF NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE CAMPAIGNING ON SWEDISH VOTERS’. Experimental evidence from a real election campaign context.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : It is often presumed that negative campaigning has negative effects on the electorate. For example, this campaign strategy is presumed to suppress political participation, decrease trust in politicians and contribute to cynicism. READ MORE
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8. Campaigning with poetry, governing on prose - Experimental analyses of the effects of persuasive strategies in election campaigns, on fluctuation in political trust pre- and post-elections
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : What accounts for fluctuation in political trust pre- and post-elections? The dynamic process of increased fluctuation in political trust around elections has been studied before, but the effects of persuasive strategies on this process have not yet been analyzed. In these theses I offer a theory to account for this process: that the fluctuation increases if parties´ use persuasive strategies in election campaigns. READ MORE
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9. PET Recycling Behavior of consumers in Lahore, Pakistan, Available knowledge and general attitudes, Impact on recycling
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för managementAbstract : Abstract Lahore, Pakistan is one of the most populated and hottest regions of the world. Due to long summers beverages consumption is generally high leading to an increase in consumption of beverage PET bottles. There is a huge amount of municipal waste which is not being recycled and as a result it ends up in land refills. READ MORE
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10. Political participation: demographical factors and electoral turnout in the districts of Bogotá, Colombia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : Everybody can take part in democratic election by giving a vote on the candidate most suited for the task. Still, many choose not to. The non-voters are rarely randomly spread out in an urban area but form geographical patterns. READ MORE
