Much Ado About Nothing: RDD and the Incumbency Advantage
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DOI: 10.1017/pan.2017.1
Abstract: An influential paper by Caughey and Sekhon (2011a) suggests that the outcomes of very close US House elections in the postwar era may not be as-if random, thus calling into question this application of regression… read more here.
Keywords: incumbency advantage; rdd incumbency; advantage; much ado ... See more keywords
The Size and Sources of Municipal Incumbency Advantage in Canada
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DOI: 10.1177/1078087419879234
Abstract: This article uses a new dataset of nearly 2,000 municipal elections from 1874 to 2018 to estimate the size of municipal incumbency advantage in Canada for the first time. Incumbency increases the probability that a… read more here.
Keywords: advantage canada; incumbency advantage; municipal incumbency; incumbency ... See more keywords
Candidate visibility, voter knowledge, and the incumbency advantage in preferential-list PR
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DOI: 10.1177/13540688231178265
Abstract: Our knowledge about how voters decide which candidate(s) to vote for under preferential-list proportional representation (PLPR) systems remains limited. In particular, it is debated whether incumbent MPs enjoy an electoral advantage over outsiders also under… read more here.
Keywords: preferential list; advantage; knowledge; incumbency advantage ... See more keywords