The wage paid to politicians affects both the choice of citizens to run for an elective office and the performance of … sector, an increase in politicians' pay may change their mind. Second, if the reelection prospects of incumbents depend on … performance. Our results show that a higher wage attracts more educated candidates, and that better paid politicians size down the …

shows that newspapers do not have a major impact on the selection of politicians, but they play a relevant role in keeping … politicians accountable once they are in office. Competition plays a relevant role, as the effects are not limited to the first …

extracted by incumbent politicians. Exploiting variation induced by the existence of a term limit, we find that in …

politicians often support liberal immigration policies of unskilled workers, are sometime in favor of free trade with less …