Electoral thresholds and political representation
Electoral thresholds and political representation
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选举门槛和政治代表性
DOI:
10.1007/s11127-016-0378-8
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发表时间:
2016
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影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
M. Lopes da Fonseca
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作者:
Baskaran;M. Lopes da Fonseca
We rely on a reform in the German federal state of Hesse that abolished a 5 % electoral threshold for local elections to study the effects of electoral thresholds on political representation. The elimination of the threshold had, on average, a stronger effect on municipalities with larger councils sinceimplicit(also known aseffective) electoral thresholds are inversely correlated with council size. Using a dataset that includes all 426 Hessian municipalities over the period 1989–2011 and exploiting discontinuities in a state law that maps populations exogenously to council size, we implement a difference-in-discontinuities design. Our results show that the reform had large psychological effects that eventually improved the electoral prospects of (relatively small) local parties. In the short-run, however, the vote and seat shares of the large national parties increased. We offer some explanations for this finding.
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影响因子:
6.8
作者:
Michael C. Munger
通讯作者:
Michael C. Munger
DOI:
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发表时间:
2011
期刊:
Social Science Research Network
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作者:
Jon H. Fiva;Olle Folke
通讯作者:
Olle Folke
DOI:
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发表时间:
2015
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作者:
Mariana Lopes da Fonseca;T. Baskaran
通讯作者:
T. Baskaran
影响因子:
1.6
作者:
Sibylle H. Lehmann
通讯作者:
Sibylle H. Lehmann
DOI:
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发表时间:
1997
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作者:
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