Televised Legislatures: Political Information Technology and Public Choice

Crain, W. Mark; Goff, Brian

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“…Independent watchdog initiatives such as nosdeputes.f r, providing since 2009 daily data about MPs' activity, can both reinforce voters' information and provide additional incentives for deputies not to shirk. In the vein of studies focusing on televised legislatures (Crain and Goff, 2012 …”

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Who are the ‘ghost’ MPs? Evidence from the French parliament

Gavoille

2018

European Journal of Political Economy

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This paper studies the characteristics of the ghost deputies of the French National Assembly, i.e. deputies who do not have any official recorded activity over a whole year. Using a rich dataset providing various information about all deputies from 1959 to 2012, the results indicate that the typical ghost deputy is an old man with a low level of schooling, member of a large party which does not support the government and who is elected in jurisdiction with a low level of political competition. However, personal characteristics are less and less correlated with performance over the years. Finally, ghost deputies face more difficulties to achieve reelection, but are penalized only at the first round, voters exclusively considering national factors at the second round.

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Who are the ‘ghost’ MPs? Evidence from the French parliament

Gavoille

2018

European Journal of Political Economy

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“…According to Telser, this is so because it is difficult to draw inferences about the future behavior of candidates. Ferguson adds to this argument by pointing out that the costs of investigating candidates' records can be high (see also Crain and Goff 1988). As Crain and Goff (1988, p. 8) suggest, there is a continuum between the polar cases of search and experience, with most products, including political services, falling somewhere between the extremes.…”

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“…Search (experience) goods are those for which the characteristics of the products can (cannot) be determined prior to purchase at low cost. Crain and Goff (1988) indicate that one branch of analysis in political advertising simply applies the above product advertising construct to politics. One point of view (Nelson 1976) holds that political services are more like search goods, given that candidates' records are available, and thus a candidate's actual performance can be compared with his or her advertised one.…”

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False advertising and experience goods: the case of political services in the U.S. senate

2008

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“…hether they are broadcasting legislative activities (Crain & Goff, 1988;Mixon, 2002;Mixon, Gibson, & Upadhyaya, 2003), judicial proceedings (Cohn & Dow, 2002) or even our real lives (Curtis, 2013), television cameras appear to have a transformative effect on human behavior. Nowhere is this more so than in the sporting world.…”

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Television Coverage and Outcome Uncertainty in Sports: Empirical Evidence from the NBA and WNBA. [Cobertura televisiva e incertidumbre en los resultados deportivos: Evidencia empírica en la NBA y la WNBA].

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Rev. int. cienc. deporte

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In an important paper, Price, Remer, & Stone (2012) introduce one manifestation of referee bias called "close" bias -the idea being that because close games are more valuable, referees might officiate to keep games close. Using 990 observations from the 2011-12 National Basketball Association (NBA) season and 442 observations from the 2010 and 2011 Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) seasons, we test conceptual models of the impact of television coverage on close bias. Our empirical results indicate that the absolute score differential is about two points less for nationally televised NBA games and about three points less for nationally televised WNBA games, even after accounting for differences in team strength. Our results confirm and extend the earlier findings of Price, Remer, & Stone (2012).Key words: close bias; television coverage, sports economics; referee bias; professional basketball. En un importante artículo, Price, Remer y Stone (2012) introducen una manifestación del sesgo arbitral llamada sesgo de "proximidad", el cual se refiere a que, dado que los partidos con marcadores ajustados son más valiosos, los árbitros podrían actuar intencionadamente para mantenerlos así. En nuestro estudio, y tras el análisis de 990 partidos de baloncesto de la temporada 2011-12 en la NBA, y de 442 partidos de las temporadas 2010 y 2011 en la WNBA, testamos varios modelos conceptuales sobre el impacto de la cobertura televisiva sobre el sesgo de proximidad. Los resultados indican que la diferencia absoluta en el marcador entre los equipos es alrededor de dos puntos menor para los partidos televisados a nivel nacional en la NBA, y sobre tres puntos menor para la WNBA, considerando las diferencias de potencial entre los equipos. De este modo, nuestros resultados confirman y extienden los hallazgos de Price, Remer y Stone (2012). A b s t r a c tPalabras clave: sesgo de proximidad; cobertura televisiva; economía del deporte; sesgo arbitral; baloncesto profesional. R e s u m e n

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Televised Legislatures: Political Information Technology and Public Choice

Cited by 27 publications

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Who are the ‘ghost’ MPs? Evidence from the French parliament

Who are the ‘ghost’ MPs? Evidence from the French parliament

False advertising and experience goods: the case of political services in the U.S. senate

Television Coverage and Outcome Uncertainty in Sports: Empirical Evidence from the NBA and WNBA. [Cobertura televisiva e incertidumbre en los resultados deportivos: Evidencia empírica en la NBA y la WNBA].

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