Much research has been done regarding the effects of macroeconomic conditions on the electoral chances of congressional candidates--incumbents, in particular--with mixed results. However, most of the models tend to ignore ...

This study aims to analyze the relationship between Internet access and political stability in authoritarian regimes. Internet access has been argued to both overcome certain barriers to collective action and significantly ...

Using a probit model, this paper estimates the probability of a government shutdown using polarization in Congress as the key explanatory variable. The notion of polarization as a driver of legislative decision-making is ...

This paper explores the relationship between a state's use of voter-approved debt and its credit ratings. The variation in credit ratings from 1973 - 2008 across the 50 US states is explained as a function of states' use ...

The past decade has seen a push towards rigorous policy evaluation and new, exciting methodologies have evolved to get a better sense of how effective policy interventions are in achieving their desired outcomes. Unfortunately, ...

While ballot initiatives have existed in the United States since the Progressive Era, their popularity has risen in the past few decades as more initiatives qualify to be placed on the ballot. Numerous studies have examined ...

This paper contributes to the recent literature examining the correlation between Internet usage and civic engagement. While previous studies focused primarily on voting as a proxy for civic engagement, this paper included ...

ABSTRACT

The low levels of voter participation in Mexico's presidential elections, and the high levels of corruption constitute the center of this study. Specifically, I focus on analyzing the potential impact of corruption on voter ...

In the aftermath of the recent financial crisis, many transition countries' politics have moved increasingly towards the extreme right. Elections held after 2008 have seen the rise of ultranationalist parties, such as ...