politicians accountable once they are in office. Competition plays a relevant role, as the effects are not limited to the first …

Is electoral competition good for political selection? To address this issue, we introduce a theoretical model in which …

political competition is too high or too low. We first build a simple game theoretic model to capture the effect of electoral … competition on corruption. We show that in equilibrium, corruption has a U-shaped relationship with electoral competition. If the … election is safe for the incumbent (low competition) or if it is extremely fragile (high competition) then corruption is higher …