Do young politicians prioritize other types of municipal spending than old politicians? We study this question using …

Italian local governments. Our results suggest that younger politicians are more likely to behave strategically in response to …

Italian local governments. Our results suggest that younger politicians are more likely to behave strategically in response to …

, younger mayors engage more often in political budget cycles than older mayors. Thus younger politicians behave more …

Once in office, politicians propose policies and programmes aimed at winning the support of their constituencies. While … this form of political activism increases with the number of politicians in government, it can also clash with capacity … constraints, leading to a congestion effect whereby politicians’ plans are not enacted in practice. With novel data on Italian …

How does competition affect the entry and selection of politicians? I use data on U.S. Congressional primary and …