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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"District Magnitude"”.
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District Magnitude the Tie that Binds: A Comparative Analysis of Political Behavior
… dissertation considers some of the ways in which district magnitude, the number of elected officials that serve a district, impacts the relationship between voters and elected officials. Through application of the principal-agent model, I argue that mid-size magnitudes are small enough to limit …
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Essays on Local Political Economy in Brazil and the United States
… the political consequences of an increase in the district magnitude (the number of open seats) for legislatures. The second essay studies how the size of a local legislature affects the size and composition of public spending. The third essay develops and tests a theory of how transaction costs …
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Jak reformovat český sněmovní volební systém? Analýza stávajícího systému a možnosti jeho reformy
… This proposal modifies the number of electoral districts from current fourteen to nine (by means of combination of current small electoral districts), it also modifies the process of preferential voting (four preferential votes for each voter and variable threshold for being elected by means of …
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Incumbency Effects in English Local Elections 1974-2010: Assessing the Advantage of Electoral Defence
… maintain are also presented, including district magnitude, ward size and rural/urban classification. Results reveal a modest advantage for Conservative and Labour incumbent candidates, whilst the effects are shown to be stronger for the Liberal Democrats, a finding that is in step with …