Do bigger legislatures lead to bigger government? We exploit a Brazilian reform that allocated the number of municipal council seats based on population thresholds in a regression discontinuity design. We find that larger councils have significantly higher public expenditures on social goods and...

Efficiency of education expenditure is the ability to maximize the educational achievement given the resources invested. Although public education expenditure tends to increase, yet this does not necessarily guarantee high quality of education services. This study aims to assess public education...

Do elected politicians use public money differently depending on their ideology? When is partisanship most apparent during a mandate? The existing literature is mixed. Based on a regression discontinuity design, I show that political color significantly impacts public spending in French...