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Seat competitiveness and redistricting: Evidence from voting on municipal mergers
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2013-03-24)
We analyze how (anticipated) changes in the competitiveness of the seats of municipal councilors affect their voting behavior over municipal mergers. The competitiveness of the seats changes because the merger changes the ...
Are Voters Rational?
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2013-09-27)
We test whether voters are rational in the sense that their decision to cast a vote depends on its expected impact on the election outcomes. We provide causal evidence on this rational voting hypothesis by using exogenous ...
Common Pool Problems in Voluntary Municipal Mergers
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2013-12-27)
We analyze free-riding behavior by Finnish municipalities prior to municipal mergers. The merger process creates a temporary common pool problem, which arises because of a delay from the initial merger decision to the ...