Arbeitspapier
The right look: Conservative politicians look better and voters reward it
Since good-looking politicians win more votes, a beauty advantage for politicians on the left or on the right is bound to have political consequences. We show that politicians on the right look more beautiful in Europe, the United States and Australia. Our explanation is that beautiful people earn more, which makes them less inclined to support redistribution. Accordingly, our model predicts that voters use beauty as a cue for conservatism when they do not know much about candidates and that politicians on the right benefit more from beauty in low-information elections. Evidence from real and experimental elections confirms both predictions.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Munich Discussion Paper ; No. 2015-10
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Public Sector Labor Markets
Labor Discrimination: General
- Subject
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Beauty
Elections
Political candidates
Appearance
Ideology
Parties
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Berggren, Niclas
Jordahl, Henrik
Poutvaara, Panu
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
- (where)
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München
- (when)
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2015
- DOI
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doi:10.5282/ubm/epub.24882
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-24882-7
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Berggren, Niclas
- Jordahl, Henrik
- Poutvaara, Panu
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät
Time of origin
- 2015
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