emerges with nontrivial voting costs and modest altruism. The model can explain higher turnout in close elections as well as …

contracts, and democratic elections. An information market is used to predict the long-term performance of a policy, while …

contracts during their campaign. These threshold contracts do not violate the liberal principle of free and anonymous elections …

In this paper we examine the impact of tax contracts, a novel instrument, on elections, policies, and welfare. We …

copious corruption not only decreases incumbent support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases voter turnout …

In elections that take place in a less-than-perfect democracy, incumbency advantages are different from those in mature … model of elections and mass protests, where the purpose of competitive elections is to reveal information about the relative … elections, mediocre ones prevent credible opponents from running or cancel elections, and the least competent ones use outright …

sustainability. We show that the dual democratic mechanism – rejection/support rewards (RSRs) for politicians and elections – can …

combination of elections and incentive contracts can alleviate this inefficiency. The incentive contract does not require …