We examine whether conservative politicians are less likely to support same-sex marriage when they run for office in … around 1.3 percentage points. We conjecture that politicians are election-motivated - even when submitting roll-call votes on …

-checking company. Our results show that politicians are responsive to negative fact-checking. Specifically, we observe a significative … reduction in the number of incorrect statements made by politicians after being treated. This effect persists for at least two … months. We also observe a reduction in the probability of politicians making verifiable statements, suggesting that fact …

We study Downsian competition in a Mirrleesian model of income taxation. The competing politicians may differ in … competence. If politicians engage in vote-share maximization, the less competent politician's policy proposals are attractive to … and Coate (1998). Political failures are avoided if politicians maximize winning probabilities. Nevertheless, the two …

Keynes' General Theory (1936) is arguably one of the most important books of the twentieth century. His ideas for … stabilizing the aggregate economy have profoundly influenced economic theory as well as popular opinion about what governments can … and should do with respect to the business cycle. On the other hand, whether Keynesian theory has substantially altered …

We develop a two-period model of redistributive politics in which two politicians compete in an election in each period …. In the first period, the politicians propose both whether to experiment with an efficient reform with uncertain benefits … and choose the amount of public debt. Politicians also allocate pork-barrel spending to voters in each period. We show …