Essays about: "Partisan Effects"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Partisan Effects.

  1. 1. PARTISAN ELECTORAL CYCLES AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. A quantitative study of subnational governments in the US and Canada

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Felix Bäckstedt; [2022-11-07]
    Keywords : COVID-19; subnational; government response; Electoral Cycles; partisanship;

    Abstract : Although decisive government response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been critical to keep down infection rates such policies have also brought with it substantial social and economic costs. Much scholarly attention has been directed towards how political determinants have influenced elected leaders’ decision making on this. READ MORE

  3. 2. IS THE MEDIA DIVIDING US? A Panel Data Analysis on the Relationship Between Media Fragmentation and Mass Polarization in 71 Democracies (2000-2018)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Samuel Larsson; [2022-06-17]
    Keywords : mass polarization; media fragmentation; electoral system; income inequality; panel data;

    Abstract : Mass polarization as a phenomenon that divides the electorate on political and societal issues is on the rise globally, and its negative consequences for the well-being of a polity are well documented. Literature on the drivers of these upward trends frequently blame income inequality and immigration for polarizing the masses. READ MORE

  4. 3. Aid and the Domestic Politics of a Welfare State: Exploring the Effects of Domestic Politics on Danish Foreign Aid Strategies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sigrid Liv Jacobsen; [2020]
    Keywords : Foreign aid; domestic politics; welfare state; partisan theory; Denmark.; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : How does domestic politics affect foreign aid? A great deal of literature that seeks to answer this question has sought to test the partisan theory. This theory suggests that ideological governmental changes will affect a donor country’s foreign aid – in terms of total aid, aid allocation and/or aid strategies. READ MORE

  5. 4. Is there a political business cycle in Sweden?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Albin Svensson; [2020]
    Keywords : Political business cycle; fiscal instruments; conditional effects; partisan differences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper investigates if there was an opportunistic politcal cycle in transfers and taxes in Sweden during the period 1982-2019. A regressional model with conditional effects is employed to condition the cycle on performance in an opinion poll and to account for partisan differences. READ MORE

  6. 5. Do parties matter in proportional representation systems? A regression discontinuity analysis of environmental policy in Swedish municipalities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Lilian Ivstam; Fanny Widepalm; [2020]
    Keywords : Partisan Effects; Environmental Policy; Proportional Representation Electoral Systems; Regression Discontinuity Design;

    Abstract : Proportional representation electoral systems can be considered more democratic than majoritarian systems since they better represent minority interests. We study the support for this claim by investigating whether individual parties are able to affect the outcome of a secondary policy, environmental policy. READ MORE