In this paper we present and test a theory of how political corruption, found in many transition and emerging market … institutions that do not punish political corruption result in political connectedness of firms that in turn has a negative effect …

This paper examines whether access to information enhances political accountability. Based upon the results of Brazil …’s recent anti-corruption program that randomly audits municipal expenditures of federally-transferred funds, it estimates the … effects of the disclosure of local government corruption practices upon the re-election success of incumbent mayors. Comparing …

politicians’ rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House …

empirical evidence shows that bad but dedicated politicians come along with good but not fully committed politicians. There is …

generated by migration. Narrow self-interests may be present not only for interest groups but also for ruling politicians and …

This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … productivity. Information on the opponent is a promising nudge to raise individuals' awareness towards the complexity of the …

under imperfect information, these findings are consistent with Indonesia citizens over-estimating the net gains from …