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About: London School of Economics and Political Science is a education organization based out in London, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Politics & Population. The organization has 8759 authors who have published 35017 publications receiving 1436302 citations.
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TL;DR: This article found that almost 40% of the volatility in party vote-shares in European elections compared to national elections is explained by the transfer of votes from large and governing parties to small and opposition parties.
Abstract: After six sets of European Parliament elections, do voters primarily use these elections to punish their national governments or to express their views on European issues? We answer this question by looking at all European elections (1979–2004) in all 25 EU states. We find that almost 40% of the volatility in party vote-shares in European elections compared to national elections is explained by the transfer of votes from large and governing parties to small and opposition parties. Nevertheless, anti-EU parties and green parties on average do better in European elections than in national elections. But these “European effects” are minor, and the position a party takes on Europe is largely irrelevant to its performance. Hence, despite the growing powers of the European Parliament, neither positions on matters regarding European integration, nor on matters regarding “normal” left-right policy, have much of an effect on electoral outcomes.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a preliminary explanation of the cross-national similarities and differences of union revitalization strategies discussed in this special issue is provided, as well as a discussion of the differences between them.
Abstract: This introductory article provides a preliminary explanation of the cross-national similarities and differences of union revitalization strategies discussed in this special issue. Differences in th...
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01 Jan 1997TL;DR: Most mature social studies include both qualitative and quantitative methods in the normal course of research activities as mentioned in this paper, and scholars may gain reputations based on one or the other, or in some cases on the combination of both.
Abstract: Most mature social studies include both qualitative and quantitative methods in the normal course of research activities. Scholars may gain reputations based on one or the other, or in some cases on the combination of both. In fields such as sociology, psychology, history, political science, and even anthropology the balance has been struck; the rules are accepted. Business studies in general, and information systems in particular, have had a much harder time coming to terms with the balance. With so many colleagues using exclusively quantitative methods in business economics, in marketing, in accounting and even in organizational behavior, and other colleagues sticking strictly to formal methods in computer science and software engineering, we have had to fight an uphill battle at times. This volume is evidence of the maturing of information systems as a discipline which can recognize the place of qualitative along with quantitative research methods.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of local regulatory effort on ground level ozone air quality and on industrial location were investigated, and it was shown that a switch from attainment to non-attainment status induces greater regulatory effort in a county, leading to an improvement in air quality.
Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of local regulatory effort on ground level ozone air quality and on industrial location. Local regulatory effort varies by annual air quality attainment status and by state attitudes towards the environment. A switch from attainment to non-attainment status induces greater regulatory effort in a county, leading to an improvement in air quality. Air quality readings for ground level ozone improve by 3-8% depending on the exact air quality measure, following a switch to non-attainment status. Pro-environment states, which ceteris paribus, spend relatively more on pollution abatement also have cleaner air. A 1% increase in typical annual state pollution abatement expenditures leads to about a .04% improvement in local ozone readings. Heavily polluting industries show a tendency to move to counties with a record of clean air, where they are less likely to be hassled. A county switching to having a three-year record of attainment experiences a 7-9% growth in the number of heavily polluting establishments. This implies polluting industries are spreading out geographically moving from non- attainment (polluted) areas to attainment (initially less polluted) areas. Finally, for ozone, localities may improve the annual hourly extreme value reading used to measure officially local air quality, without improving measures (mean, medians, medians of daily maximum) of more typical ozone conditions. This occurs by spreading out economic activity over the day to dampen peaks of ozone inducing activity and subsequent daily ozone peaks.
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TL;DR: Game theory has proved a useful tool in the study of simple economic models, but numerous foundational issues remain unresolved and the situation is particularly confusing in respect of the non-cooperative analysis of games with some dynamic structure.
Abstract: Game theory has proved a useful tool in the study of simple economic models. However, numerous foundational issues remain unresolved. The situation is particularly confusing in respect of the non-cooperative analysis of games with some dynamic structure in which the choice of one move or another during the play of the game may convey valuable information to the other players. Without pausing for breath, it is easy to name at least 10 rival equilibrium notions for which a serious case can be made that here is the “right” solution concept for such games.
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Ichiro Kawachi | 149 | 1216 | 90282 |
Amartya Sen | 149 | 689 | 141907 |
Peter Hall | 132 | 1640 | 85019 |
Philippe Aghion | 122 | 507 | 73438 |
Robert West | 112 | 1061 | 53904 |
Keith Beven | 110 | 514 | 61705 |
Andrew Pickles | 109 | 436 | 55981 |
Zvi Griliches | 109 | 260 | 71954 |
Martin Knapp | 106 | 1067 | 48518 |
Stephen J. Wood | 105 | 700 | 39797 |
Jianqing Fan | 104 | 488 | 58039 |
Timothy Besley | 103 | 368 | 45988 |
Richard B. Freeman | 100 | 860 | 46932 |
Sonia Livingstone | 99 | 510 | 32667 |
John Van Reenen | 98 | 440 | 40128 |