scholarly journals Coattails and spillover-effects: Quasi-experimental evidence from concurrent executive and legislative elections

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 102264
Author(s):  
Lukas Rudolph ◽  
Arndt Leininger
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Legislative Elections ◽  
Quasi Experimental

scholarly journals Concurrent elections lead to coattails and electoral spill-overs: Quasi-experimental evidence from German municipalities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Rudolph ◽  
Arndt Leininger
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Party System ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
Executive Leadership ◽  
The Other ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
Legislative Elections ◽  
Unique Case ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Concurrent Elections

Concurrency of elections is a widely used tool to increase turnout. However, this turnout increase is likely not outcome-neutral if some voters attribute more importance to one of the elections compared to the other. We theorize coattail effects and electoral system effects that should occur in this setting. Drawing on a unique case of quasi-random variation in the timing of local executive and legislative elections in Germany, we show that concurrent elections lead to an increase in turnout. Thereby, in line with our theoretical argument, concurrency of local executive elections increases council votes for the incumbent mayor's party and for centrist parties more generally. Additionally, concurrent elections consolidate party system and political power through more single-party majorities in councils, less fragmentation and greater alignment of executive leadership and legislative majority. Our theoretical argument and empirical results thus serve to explain divergent findings in the literature on turnout effects.

The Role of Legal Justiication in Judicial Performance: Quasi-Experimental Evidence

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paige Marta Skiba ◽  
Alessandro Melcarne ◽  
Giovanni Battista Ramello
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Judicial Performance

The Economics of Law Enforcement: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Corporate Takeover Law

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gishan Dissanaike ◽  
Wolfgang Drobetz ◽  
Paul P. Momtaz ◽  
Joerg Rocholl
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Corporate Takeover

scholarly journals The additionality of R&D tax policy: Quasi-experimental evidence

Technovation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 102293
Author(s):  
Jared Holt ◽  
Ahmed Skali ◽  
Russell Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Tax Policy ◽  
Quasi Experimental
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