A large theoretical and empirical literature explores whether politicians and political parties change their policy … in lower quality politicians and receive negative local newspaper coverage. These findings have important implications …

When voters fear that politicians may have a right-wing bias or that they may be influenced or corrupted by the rich … right. Truly right-wing politicians respond by choosing more moderate, or even left-of-center policies. This populist bias … polarization between the policy preferences of the median voter and right-wing politicians; when politicians are indeed more likely …

registration data to study how ideological alignment between politicians and bureaucrats affects the personnel policies and …

In this paper, we develop a dynamic model of politicians who can engage in corruption. The model offers important … probabilities, increasing politicians' wages, and extending term limits. We document that while voters have a high willingness to …