When elections are close in time, voters may stick to their preferred party or chose a different option for several reasons; reliable estimates of the amount of transitions across the available options can allow to answer a number of relevant questions about electoral behaviour. We describe a modified version of the model due to Brown and Payne (J Am Stat Assoc 81:453–460, 1986) and argue that ...

This study was designed and the field work carried out by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) responsible for implementing hygiene promotion. The sustainability of changed hygiene behaviour was studied at various periods up to nine years after the conclusion of a multifaceted hygiene promotion intervention in Kerala, India. Various methods including a questionnaire to assess knowledge, spot o...

When the founder is no longer CEO of firm he controls, can entrust position either to a family member or professional non-family CEO. Our study examines how founder-controlled firms compensate CEOs versus CEOs. Using regression analyses on sample large Canadian listed Toronto Stock Exchange (S&P/TSX) over 7-year period (2002 2008), we find that total compensation lower than CEOs, especi...

We consider a set of voters making collective decision via simultaneous vote on two binary issues. Voters’ preferences are captured by payoffs assigned to combinations outcomes for each issue and they can be nonseparable: voter’s preference over an might dependent the other issue. When in this context is reached voting both issues at same time, multiple election paradoxes may arise, as studied ...

Abstract The chapter focuses on the consequences of EU politicization electoral behaviour. It investigates whether and under which conditions citizens consider their positions when casting a vote in national elections. First, we use conjoint experiment to investigate magnitude issue voting six countries. This design allows us cope with possible endogeneity problems while simulating complexity t...

It is undeniable that Kiai (the leader in the Islamic boarding school) and Santri students of have a long history Indonesian political dynamics. Additionally, number schools has significantly increased. This study aimed to explain how Kiai’s voting behavior influenced behaviour Santris General Elections 2019. The method used this was descriptive qualitative involved observing case at Wisma Wisn...

The “movement-voting nexus” thesis highlights the impact of transformative social movements on shifting voting behaviour and electoral outcomes. However, existing studies have overwhelmingly focused context democracies. This study goes beyond literature by testing applicability nexus’ in hybrid regimes, using voter mobilization Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Bill Movement as a case study. finding...

There is reason to believe that exposure public broadcasting can positively affect voter turnout, but these effects are hard empirically disaggregate. This paper examines the geographically delimited roll out of BBC radio in England, which coincided with successive off-cycle general elections 1920s. Combining spatially interpolated census data constituency-level electoral returns, a matched dif...

In Doodle polls, each voter may approve a subset of the available alternatives according to his preferences. While such polls can be captured by the standard models of Approval voting, Zou et al. [17] analyse reallife Doodle poll data and conclude that poll participants’ behaviour seems to be affected by considerations other than their intrinsic preferences over the alternatives. In particular,...