to national parliamentary elections. This effect is more pronounced for visible and labor-intensive projects and can be … interpreted as a "credible election promise", as the budget for the project is only committed at the time of the award and not …

This paper studies the existence of election cycles in public procurement in the European Union for the national level … parliamentary elections. The effect in contract awards is particularly strong for certain sub-categories like education and is more …

to a smaller degree of direct influence of local elections as it goes from local to state and central levels - and a …

We study consumer debt relief as a tool of distributive politics and ask if debt relief can influence elections. We … foundation win the 2018 Presidential election, and that its effects persisted into the next election. We show how economic power … can translate into political power in polities with de jure competitive elections but with de facto weak accountability. …

Many governments operate consumer debt relief programs, often timed to match the election cycle, but their political … effects are not well understood. We ask if debt relief can influence elections in democracies. Our motivating exercise is the … that the program helped the incumbent candidate win that election, and that its effects persisted. Overall, we show how …