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Furthermore, when such encounters happen the females do not necessarily retreat with the losers; the winners thereby gain more potential mates.
The most memorable thing about the complex power struggle that had this result was the fate of the losers.
In particular losers see the reduction of the value of their production fall significantly more (in percentage) than the percentage increase that winners observe.
The second is the equity consideration where likely losers may oppose privatization.
Since voting generates winners and losers, the losers are unhappy even when they had a chance to vote for their favorite option.
Thus, while risk inevitably involves losers, at the same time there are also winners.
What explains the difference in losers' behaviour in these countries?
In this debate we know relatively little about the losers, beyond aggregated figures or anecdotal accounts.
Furthermore, in some programme areas the losers from retrenchment are diffuse and the gainers are focused.
An interest group approach focusing exclusively on concentrated winners and losers is unlikely to offer adequate explanations.
Majorities of losers were supportive of proportional representation, while majorities of winners were opposed.
The difference between institutional stability and change may then depend upon how many people perceive themselves as losers.
We can take this a bit farther: if reforms are embraced by losers and winners alike why are electoral institutions so stable?
In contrast, being among the congressional winners or losers does not seem to make a difference.
We examine the effects of voting for the winners and losers of presidential and congressional elections on political trust.
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