When hiring an adviser (he), a policy maker (she) often faces the problem that she has incomplete information about his … stamp on future policy reduces his incentive to manipulate information. This paper shows that the policy maker's power to …

political process and the production of policy relevant information; on the role played by probing into candidates' past; and on …

We identify the conditions under which voters can induce political parties to collect information and to select … voting rule should encourage parties to collect information. Voting rules that focus on the opposition party sometimes … information. However, in contrast to office motivated parties, policy motivated parties will sometimes select policies that …