interest group's campaign contributions to politicians. We uncover a robust hump-shaped relationship between the voting share … estimates of electoral uncertainty and politicians effectiveness as perceived by the interest groups. Our approach also …

Do politicians tend to follow a strategy of ambiguity in their policy positions or a strategy of reputational …

and patronage-based civil service appointments, as part of reform effort to reshape "who should govern Congress." Our …

We collect data on the rules and practices of financial and conflict disclosure by politicians in 175 countries …

We study the causes and consequences of patronage in Brazilian cities since the country's re-democratization. We test … patronage for public finances. Our data consist of the universe of public sector employees merged with their party affiliations …, and a dynamic regression discontinuity design is applied to disentangle patronage from the growing political participation …

Can campaign promises change voter behavior, even where clientelism and vote buying are pervasive? We elicit …

Political clientelism is often deemed to undermine democratic accountability and representation. This study argues that … economic vulnerability causes citizens to participate in clientelism. We test this hypothesis with a randomized control trial … from local politicians, especially by citizens likely to be involved in clientelist relationships. We also link program …