. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in a ecting voting behavior for more informed voters … strong correlation between income and political information, Congress representatives vote more conservatively, which is also …

Norwegian survey data, I study to what extent voting is caused by income. Unobserved characteristics correlated with income are … handled by using fixed effects panel data discrete choice models. Although a positive association between income and … correct for measurement error, I instrument income with average income by profession. The magnitude of the coefficients is …