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		<title>The Declining Talent Pool of Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you&#8217;re a soccer coach. You&#8217;ve got 14 players on your roster, 11 of whom are on the field at any given time. How do you motivate your players to give it their best? In part, their personal ambitions drive them to play hard. But what &#8220;sticks&#8221; as a coach do you have to punish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Electoral Quotas Work after They Are Withdrawn? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women and minorities have a tough time winning American elections. Although half of Americans are female, only 15% of Congress is. Although only 69% of Americans are white, 89% of state legislators and 84% of House members are white. This problem is not unique to the states. Some countries have adopted a quota system to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Voting History Matter? Analysing Persistence in Turnout</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denny and Doyle have a straightforward point in this article: Yes, voting is habit-forming, but to a lesser extent than reported previously. In a widely discussed article, Gerber, Green, and Shachar (2003) reported that voting in one election raises the probability of voting in subsequent elections by 47%. Denny and Doyle argue that the correct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Voters Sensitive to Terrorism? Direct Evidence from the Israeli Electorate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1984 Israeli has endured over 500 terrorist attacks, resulting in over 1000 fatalities. These attacks, together with the frequency of parliamentary elections, enables the authors to conduct a rigorous quantatitive analysis to answer a simple questions: Are voters sensitive to terrorism? At first blush, one might find the question simple: Of course voters are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote Buying or Turnout Buying? Machine Politics and the Secret Ballot</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suppose that the Republicans started knocking doors on your street offering you and your neighbors a new flatscreen television if you come out and vote for their candidates in the next election. Or suppose that the Democrats offered you &#8220;street money,&#8221; a direct cash payment in exchange for coming out to vote for them. How [...]]]></description>
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