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Connecting to Power : Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics
Akcigit, Ufuk - 2018
European Patent Office; (iv) the national registry of local politicians; and (v) detailed data on local elections in Italy. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480788
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Candidates, Character, and Corruption
Bernheim, B. Douglas - 2010
We study the characteristics of self-selected candidates in corrupt political systems. Potential candidates differ along two dimensions of unobservable character: public spirit (altruism toward others) and honesty (the disutility suffered when selling out to special interests after securing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462127
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Friends in High Places
Cohen, Lauren - 2010
We demonstrate that personal connections amongst politicians have a significant impact on the voting behavior of U ….S. politicians. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians, as well as common seat locations on the chamber floor, are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462219
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Balanced Budget Rules and Public Deficits : Evidence from the U.S. States
Bohn, Henning - 1996
Most states (Vermont is the exception) have a constitutional or statutory limitation restricting their ability to run deficits in the state's general fund. Balanced budget limitations may be either prospective or beginning-of-the-year requirements or retrospective or end-of-the-year...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473323
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Ideology and Performance in Public Organizations
Spenkuch, Jörg L.; Teso, Edoardo; Xu, Guo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
registration data to study how ideological alignment between politicians and bureaucrats affects the personnel policies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510551
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Career Concerns and the Dynamics of Electoral Accountability
Iaryczower, Matiás; Meirowitz, Adam; Lopez-Moctezuma, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Quantifying the value that legislators give to reelection relative to policy is crucial to understanding electoral accountability. We estimate the preferences for office and policy of members of the US Senate, using a structural approach that exploits variation in polls, position-taking and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191061
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Estimating Candidate Valence
Kawai, Kei; Sunada, Takeaki - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We estimate valence measures for candidates running in U.S. House elections from data on vote shares. Our estimates control for endogeneity of campaign spending and sample selection of candidates due to endogenous entry. Our identification and estimation strategy builds on ideas developed for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814456
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The Political Economy of Anti-Bribery Enforcement
Cohen, Lauren; Li, Bo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper documents novel evidence on the influence of political incentives in the regulatory enforcement of foreign bribery. Using exogenous variation in the timing and geographic location of U.S. Congressional elections, we find that the probability of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012794651
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A Graphical Lasso Approach to Estimating Network Connections : The Case of U.S. Lawmakers
Battaglini, Marco - 2020
In this paper, we propose a new approach to the estimation of social networks and we apply it to the estimation of productivity spillovers in the U.S. Congress. Social networks such as the social connections among lawmakers are not generally directly observed, they can be recovered only using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481412
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Did U.S. Politicians Expect the China Shock?
Bombardini, Matilde - 2020
the casus belli for a global trade war. Were its consequences unexpected? Did U.S. politicians have imperfect information … up being adversely affected? Information sets, expectations, and preferences of politicians are fundamental, but … test hypotheses about the expectations of politicians at the time of their vote. Employing repeated roll call votes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482292