corruption and decrease the large expenses associated with today's democratic election campaigns. Random mechanisms can be …

One frequently overlooked aspect of the U.S.-style electoral college system is that it discourages election fraud. In a … presidential election based on the popular vote, competing political parties are motivated to manipulate votes in areas where they … electoral college system provides more effective protection against election fraud compared to the popular vote system. While …

not run in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a relatively representative electoral constituency, in the general election of July 23 …

In theory, free and fair elections can improve the selection of politicians and incentivize them to exert effort. In … practice, incumbency advantage and coordination issues may lead to the (re)election of bad politicians. We ask whether these … elections, we find that winning an election increases candidates' chances to win the next election by 25.1 percentage points …