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Apartheid 种族隔离制度
Pub Date : 2021-08-26 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3914266
Art Carden, C. Lingle
Apartheid was an array of racist laws governing South Africa from the election of the National Party in 1948 until the election of Nelson Mandela in 1994. Apartheid's codified racism required discrimination, violated the rights of individuals as individuals, and shackled the South African economy for the transitory benefit of special interests. Apartheid combined mercantilism, colonialism, nationalism, and socialism with racism to produce a constellation of oppressive institutions that cost the country dearly in blood and treasure by limiting its potential to develop internally and eventually leading to its isolation from international markets
种族隔离是指从1948年国民党(National Party)当选到1994年纳尔逊·曼德拉(Nelson Mandela)当选期间统治南非的一系列种族主义法律。种族隔离制度规定的种族主义需要歧视,侵犯了个人作为个人的权利,并为特殊利益集团的暂时利益束缚了南非经济。种族隔离将重商主义、殖民主义、民族主义和社会主义与种族主义结合在一起,产生了一系列压迫性制度,这些制度限制了南非国内发展的潜力,最终导致南非与国际市场隔绝,使南非付出了沉重的生命和财富代价
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引用次数: 0
Crises, Catharses, and Boiling Frogs: Path Dependence in Collective Action 危机、宣泄和沸腾的青蛙:集体行动中的路径依赖
Pub Date : 2021-08-16 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3906282
Sofía Correa, G. Nandong, Mehdi Shadmehr
We show a strong form of path-dependence in collective action. For a given distribution of anti-regime grievances and sentiments in the society, the size of the protest is larger when this distribution of grievances is the result of a sudden large change rather than a series of smaller unexpected changes. Society as a whole behaves like the legendary boiling frog, even though each individual does not. Large grievance shocks (crises) coordinate behavior far more effectively into revolts than a sequence of small shocks that generate the same final distribution of grievances. Our analysis applies advances in incomplete information coordination games (Morris and Yildiz 2019), deviating from the literature by relying only on the notion of rationalizability (as opposed to Nash equilibrium) and assuming heavy-tailed distributions of grievance shocks. We explore the unexpected link between this theory and Davies's (1962) classic J-curve theory of revolution.
我们在集体行动中表现出强烈的路径依赖形式。对于社会中反政权的不满和情绪的给定分布,当这种不满的分布是突然的大变化而不是一系列较小的意外变化的结果时,抗议的规模会更大。社会作为一个整体的行为就像传说中的煮青蛙,尽管每个人都不是。大规模的不满冲击(危机)比一系列产生相同不满最终分配的小冲击更有效地协调行为,从而形成反抗。我们的分析应用了不完全信息协调博弈的进展(Morris and Yildiz 2019),偏离了文献,只依赖于合理化的概念(而不是纳什均衡),并假设了不满冲击的重尾分布。我们探索了这一理论与戴维斯(1962)经典的j曲线革命理论之间意想不到的联系。
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引用次数: 1
The Common Good and Voter Polarization 共同利益与选民两极分化
Pub Date : 2021-08-05 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3868589
J. Matsusaka, Chad Kendall
Do voters see democracy entirely as a game of self-interest in which one person’s gain is another’s loss, or do they also view it as a search for the common good, as some democracy theorists have long conjectured? Existing empirical research that assumes entirely private interests cannot answer this question, by design. We develop an empirical model in which voters derive utility from both common-good and private considerations, and show formally how to disentangle the two preference components. We estimate the model on California ballot propositions from 1986 to 2020, and find that 46 to 87 percent of voters place significant weight on the common-good aspects of proposals. Common-good concerns mitigate the effects of voter polarization, which we find substantially increased over out study period - particularly in the last six years.
选民们是否完全把民主看作是一场利己主义的游戏,一个人的得失就是另一个人的得失?还是像一些民主理论家长期以来猜测的那样,他们也把民主看作是对共同利益的追求?现有的实证研究假设完全是私人利益,并不能回答这个问题。我们开发了一个经验模型,其中选民从公共利益和私人考虑中获得效用,并正式展示了如何区分这两个偏好成分。我们估计了1986年至2020年加州投票提案的模型,发现46%至87%的选民非常重视提案的共同利益方面。共同利益的关注减轻了选民两极分化的影响,我们发现,在我们的研究期间,尤其是在过去六年里,选民两极分化的影响大幅增加。
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引用次数: 4
Voting for Compromises: Alternative Voting Methods in Polarized Societies 为妥协而投票:两极分化社会中的另类投票方式
Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3915687
Carlos Alós-Ferrer, J. Buckenmaier
Democratic societies have been increasingly confronted with extreme, knife-edge election outcomes that affect everybody’s lives and contribute to social instability. Even if political compromises based on social conventions as equity or economic arguments as efficiency are available, polarized societies might fail to select them. We demonstrate that part of the problem might be purely technical and, hence, potentially solvable. We study different voting methods in three experiments (total N = 5, 820), including small, medium-sized, and large electorates, and find that currently-used methods (Plurality Voting and Rank-Order systems) can lead voters to overwhelmingly support egoistic options. In contrast, alternative, more nuanced methods (Approval Voting and Borda Count) reduce the support for egoistic options and favor equity and efficiency, avoiding extreme outcomes. Those methods differ in whether they favor equity or efficiency when the latter benefits a majority. Our evidence suggests that targeted changes in the electoral system could favor socially-desirable compromises and increase social stability.
民主社会越来越多地面临着影响每个人生活并导致社会不稳定的极端、尖锐的选举结果。即使以公平等社会惯例为基础的政治妥协,或以效率等经济理由为基础的政治妥协,两极化的社会也有可能无法选择。我们证明了部分问题可能是纯技术性的,因此是可以解决的。我们在三个实验(总N = 5,820)中研究了不同的投票方法,包括小型,中型和大型选民,并发现目前使用的方法(Plurality voting和Rank-Order系统)可以导致选民压倒性地支持自私的选项。相比之下,另一种更微妙的方法(批准投票和博尔达计数)减少了对利己主义选择的支持,有利于公平和效率,避免了极端的结果。这些方法的不同之处在于,它们是倾向于公平,还是倾向于效率,后者有利于大多数人。我们的证据表明,对选举制度进行有针对性的改革可能有利于社会期望的妥协,并增加社会稳定。
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引用次数: 0
Influência de Messias? Relação Intramunicipal entre Preferências Políticas e Mortes em uma Pandemia (Messias’ Influence? Intra-Municipal Relationship between Political Preferences and Deaths in a Pandemic) 弥赛亚的影响?政治偏好与大流行中的死亡之间的市政内关系(弥赛亚的影响?政治偏好与大流行中的死亡之间的市内关系)
Pub Date : 2021-05-19 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3849383
G. Figueira, Luca Moreno-Louzada
Abstract Previous studies have shown that the percentage of votes for Jair Messias Bolsonaro in the 2018 presidential elections, at the municipal and state levels, is related to the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the number of deaths. We find the same effects at the intra- -municipal level in the city of São Paulo. Using geolocation, we associate voting data with number of deaths for the 96 districts in the city. We analyze excess mortality to mitigate underreporting issues and to account for exogenous determinants of mortality, as well as control for age structure and several indicators of socioeconomic vulnerability. The results are significant and indicate the existence of a relationship between votes for Bolsonaro and deaths during the pandemic — between one and five additional deaths per 100k people for each percentage point of votes. Several robustness checks support our findings.
此前的研究表明,在2018年的市和州一级总统选举中,雅伊尔·梅西亚斯·博尔索纳罗(Jair Messias Bolsonaro)获得的选票百分比与COVID-19大流行的严重程度(死亡人数)有关。我们在圣保罗市的市内一级发现了同样的效果。通过地理定位,我们将投票数据与该市96个区的死亡人数联系起来。我们分析了过高的死亡率,以减轻低报问题,并解释了死亡率的外生决定因素,以及年龄结构和社会经济脆弱性的几个指标的控制。结果很重要,表明在大流行期间,博尔索纳罗的选票与死亡人数之间存在关系——每增加一个百分点的选票,每10万人中就会增加1到5人死亡。几个稳健性检验支持我们的发现。
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引用次数: 2
Mixed Member Proportional with Faithful Accounting 混合成员比例与忠实会计
Pub Date : 2021-03-15 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3804724
E. Stensholt
With present (2021) tally rules, the number of seats in the Bundestag is highly volatile. In 2017 it got 709 seats, 111 of them extra-ordinary. The rules may double the influence of a voter who splits the ballot, contrary to a goal of equal influence; increased assembly size is a concomitant. The paper explains when and how this happens.

A ballot’s combination of Erststimme and Zweitstimme is information now ignored; the tally is as if they were collected in separate ballot boxes. Faithful accounting requires this information, but there is strong reason to expect it will reduce the 2017 assembly size to the ordinary 598 seats stated in the Federal Elections Act. Tallying 2017 votes with the present rules, but with CDU&CSU as a recognized coalition, reduces the size by 41 seats.
根据目前(2021年)的计票规则,联邦议院的席位数量极不稳定。2017年,它获得了709个席位,其中111个是特别席位。这些规则可能会使拆分选票的选民的影响力加倍,这与平等影响力的目标背道而驰;随之而来的是装配规模的增加。这篇论文解释了这种情况何时以及如何发生。选票上过去时间和现在时间的组合是现在被忽略的信息;计票结果就好像他们是在不同的投票箱里收集的一样。忠实的会计核算需要这些信息,但有充分的理由预计,它将把2017年的议会规模减少到《联邦选举法》规定的普通598个席位。按照现行规则计算2017年的选票,但基民盟作为一个公认的联盟,将减少41个席位。
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引用次数: 0
Election Forecasting in the Caribbean: Reflections from Jamaica 2015-2020 加勒比地区的选举预测:2015-2020年牙买加的反思
Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3776949
Christopher A. D. Charles
This article discusses election forecasting in the Caribbean through the reflective lens of model-based election forecasting in Jamaica between 2015 and 2020 to chart the progress made and to increase public understanding of the issues. Poll-based election forecasting is the dominant modality throughout the Caribbean. Since the death of Carl Stone in Jamaica, polls have been sometimes inaccurate because of methodological limitations. The major parties sometimes do not trust local pollsters. The thriving election forecasting business in the region provided the opportunity to employ other Caribbean pollsters. Model based election forecasting was introduced in Jamaica to complement poll-based forecasting. The model- based election forecasts in 2016 were inaccurate because the JLP tax plan was underestimated. The models used to accurately forecast the 2020 General Election shows that the state of the economy, the state of security, and what the party leaders are like (what they do) are very important to voters. There are historical, political, economic and social similarities between the Caribbean and Latin America so panel data on the macro-economy, homicide and leadership can also be used to forecast elections in these regions despite some major differences.
本文以2015年至2020年牙买加选举预测模型为例,讨论加勒比海地区的选举预测,以记录进展,并增进公众对相关议题的了解。以民意测验为基础的选举预测是整个加勒比地区的主要模式。自从卡尔·斯通在牙买加去世以来,由于方法上的限制,民意调查有时不准确。主要政党有时不信任当地的民意调查机构。该地区蓬勃发展的选举预测业务为雇用其他加勒比民意测验专家提供了机会。牙买加引入了基于模型的选举预测,以补充基于民意调查的预测。基于模型的2016年大选预测是不准确的,因为自民党的税收计划被低估了。对2020年大选进行准确预测的模型显示,对选民来说,经济状况、安全状况、政党领导人是什么样子(做什么)非常重要。加勒比和拉丁美洲在历史、政治、经济和社会方面都有相似之处,因此,尽管存在一些重大差异,但关于宏观经济、凶杀和领导层的小组数据也可用于预测这些地区的选举。
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引用次数: 1
Dynamic Voting 动态投票
Pub Date : 2021-01-22 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3630064
Shuhei Kitamura, T. Matsubayashi
This study examines the dynamic nature of voting in modern elections with wide voting windows. Our stylized two-period model predicts that, if voters are not myopic, turnout in the current period tends to increase as the costs in the other period increase. The model also produces a surprising prediction that overall turnout can increase even when the costs increase. We test these predictions using novel data from Japan's General Election in 2017 with a weather disruption caused by a powerful typhoon. Our analyses show that the tremendous costs on Election Day shifted the timing of voting and did not decrease overall turnout in 2017, as compared to 2014. Our model and findings build a new benchmark to understand how voters decide their timing of voting. This study also has implications for the unprecedented popularity of early voting in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
本研究考察了具有宽投票窗口的现代选举中投票的动态性质。我们的程式化两期模型预测,如果选民不是短视的,那么当期的投票率往往会随着另一时期成本的增加而增加。该模型还得出了一个令人惊讶的预测,即即使成本增加,总体投票率也会增加。我们使用2017年日本大选的新数据来测试这些预测,当时强台风造成了天气中断。我们的分析表明,与2014年相比,选举日的巨大成本改变了投票时间,并没有降低2017年的总体投票率。我们的模型和研究结果为理解选民如何决定投票时间建立了一个新的基准。这项研究还对2020年美国总统大选中前所未有的提前投票普及产生了影响。
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Elections, Political Connections and Cash Holdings: Evidence from Local Assemblies 选举、政治关系和现金持有:来自地方议会的证据
Pub Date : 2021-01-14 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3765924
David Adeabah, Charles Andoh, S. Asongu, I. Akomea-Frimpong
We examine the relationship between elections, political connections, and cash holdings in Ghanaian local assemblies. Using a panel dataset of 179local assemblies over a period 2012 to 2017, a panel regression and the generalized method of moments estimation techniques was employed for the analysis. We find that local assemblies hold less cash during election years, which suggests that election may be one of the potential factors to mitigate agency conflict in weak governance environment. Further, we demonstrate that local assemblies that have political connections hold less cash; however, political uncertainty makes these entities conducive to agency problems than their non-connected peers because they hold more cash. Additional analysis indicates that one year prior to elections, managerial conservatism kicks-in and leads managers to hold more cash in local assemblies that have political connections, which continues and becomes more pronounced in election years. Our results have implications for regulations on the cash management practices of local assemblies.
我们检查选举之间的关系,政治联系,和现金持有在加纳地方议会。利用2012 - 2017年179个地方集会的面板数据集,采用面板回归和广义矩估计技术进行分析。我们发现地方议会在选举年持有的现金较少,这表明在弱治理环境下,选举可能是缓解代理冲突的潜在因素之一。此外,我们证明有政治关系的地方议会持有较少的现金;然而,政治不确定性使得这些实体比没有关联的实体更容易产生代理问题,因为它们持有更多的现金。另外的分析表明,在选举前一年,管理保守主义开始发挥作用,并导致管理人员在有政治关系的地方议会中持有更多现金,这种情况在选举年继续存在并变得更加明显。我们的研究结果对地方议会现金管理实践的规定具有启示意义。
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Electoral Response to the Decline of Coal Mining in the United States 选举对美国煤炭开采衰退的反应
Pub Date : 2020-10-12 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3710589
F. Egli, N. Schmid, T. Schmidt
Replacing coal with cleaner energy carriers is a crucial lever to reach the Paris climate targets. However, as coal decline results in local job loss, political backlash might arise, jeopardizing the clean energy transition. Yet, we lack evidence on whether such backlash exists. Here, we analyze the electoral response to coal mining job losses in the United States presidential elections from 2000 to 2016 in a panel regression and a matched difference-in-difference setting. Our results suggest an electoral response in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections specific to the loss of coal mining jobs. We estimate an increased Republican vote share of 1.2 pp in 2012 and 1.5 pp in 2016 for each 100 coal mining jobs lost. The estimated electoral response is thus almost five times as large as the numbers of jobs lost. We observe this response only in places with large job losses, where these jobs account for a large share of locally available jobs and where income levels are low. Existing relative party strengths, however, do not influence the results. Moreover, we find a spillover effect of 2.2 pp in 2016 into counties within 50 km of those affected by coal decline. We discuss the implications of these findings for coal phase-outs worldwide.
用更清洁的能源载体取代煤炭是实现巴黎气候目标的关键杠杆。然而,随着煤炭的减少导致当地失业,可能会出现政治反弹,危及清洁能源转型。然而,我们缺乏证据证明这种反弹是否存在。本文采用面板回归和匹配的差中差设置,分析了2000年至2016年美国总统选举中选民对煤矿工作岗位流失的反应。我们的研究结果表明,在2012年和2016年的总统选举中,选举对煤矿工作岗位的流失做出了具体的反应。我们估计,每失去100个煤矿工作岗位,共和党在2012年和2016年的得票率将分别增加1.2和1.5个百分点。因此,估计选民的反应几乎是失业人数的五倍。我们观察到这种反应只发生在大量失业的地方,在这些地方,这些工作占当地可用工作的很大一部分,而且收入水平很低。然而,现有的相对政党优势并不影响结果。此外,我们发现2016年受煤炭下降影响的50公里以内的县的溢出效应为2.2 pp。我们将讨论这些发现对全球煤炭淘汰的影响。
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