Ranking of candidates on slates: Evidence from 20,000 electoral slates
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=3UMdpHnBNn" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=3UMdpHnBNn</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13540688231156481" target="_blank" >10.1177/13540688231156481</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ranking of candidates on slates: Evidence from 20,000 electoral slates
Original language description
Using over 20,000 electoral slates from municipal elections in the Czech Republic, we document that in proportional representation electoral systems political parties rank candidates on the slates systematically according to their valence, measured by educational attainment, and intra-party value, measured by political donations and membership. The observed patterns are consistent with market mechanisms where the party leaders benefit from the valence and intra-party value of candidates and offer slate positions (i.e. the probability of winning a mandate) in exchange. We show that candidates with high valence and those who possess more intra-party value are placed in better-ranked positions, despite the fact that candidates with more intra-party value, conditional on observables, tend to receive relatively fewer votes than candidates with low intra-party value. We further show that as a party expects to hold more council seats, the share of their candidates with higher intra-party value increases.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Party Politics
ISSN
1354-0688
e-ISSN
1460-3683
Volume of the periodical
2023
Issue of the periodical within the volume
february
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000937420300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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