Questions tagged [empirical-studies]
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How strong is the association between the complexity of the electoral process and beliefs in voting fraud?
It's been suggested in a fairly upvoted answer to a related question that the complexity of the electoral/voting process is a main driver in beliefs in voting fraud, at least in developed countries.
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Study to confirm that lying on the international level is less frequent than lying to own population
I have recently watched this presentation held by John Mearsheimer, professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and he argues that political leaders lie way more frequent to their own ...
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What does social/public-choice theory have to say about plural v. unitary executive?
There are many state-level offices in the US that are elected by the people other than the legislature and the Governor, in the executive (Treasurer, Controller, Attorney General, Secretary, oil & ...
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Correlation between companies' tariff exemptions/exclusions and political social media postings
The U.S. has recently had tariffs on the import of steel under two administrations by opposing political parties. I would assume, but don't know, that a 25% difference in the cost of raw materials ...
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Do bipartisan/cohabitation budgets widen the deficit more than one-party budgets?
I've read in a paper that I can't find araing right now that supermajority requirements (in state budgets) tend increase deficit spending because more "pork barrel" interest are included.
If we ...
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