We demonstrate that personal connections amongst politicians have a significant impact on the voting behavior of U … consistent predictors of voting behavior. For the former, we estimate sharp measures that control for common characteristics of … networks on voting. We find that the effect of alumni networks is close to 60% of the size of the effect of state …

This paper studies the information content and consequences of third-party voting advice issued during proxy contests …. We find that voting advice is a good predictor of contest outcomes and that vote recommendations appear to certify the …

impacts the district representative's roll call voting. We find that an increase in Democrat share within a district causes … more leftist roll call voting. This occurs because a Democrat is more likely to hold the seat, but also because – in … contrast to existing empirical work – partisan composition has a direct effect on the roll call voting of individual …

these methods by varying two characteristics of the problem: are agents' preferences known or are they hidden information … approach always Pareto dominates the Politics approach, in both full and hidden information scenarios. By contrast, without … appraisal. For a wide range of model parameters, and under both full and hidden information, the Politics approach is supported …

's value is private information to the player. We apply our model to politics, explaining the length of time it takes to …