market responses in recent midterm elections to Presidential elections. We use prediction markets tracking election outcomes …

can affect voter turnout and election outcomes. We do so using historical data on more than 2,000 races in Florida and … small effect on turnout. Similarly, we also show under a range of conservative assumptions that very few election results … or critics were true, strict identification laws are unlikely to have a meaningful impact on turnout or election outcomes …

One frequently overlooked aspect of the U.S.-style electoral college system is that it discourages election fraud. In a … presidential election based on the popular vote, competing political parties are motivated to manipulate votes in areas where they … electoral college system provides more effective protection against election fraud compared to the popular vote system. While …

members of the Turkish Parliament, we find that losing immunity pacifies the MPs of the opposition parties. They become less … diligent in the Parliament (drafting fewer pieces of legislation, initiating fewer investigation inquiries, delivering fewer … get re-nominated by their parties in the next election, and they are less likely to get re-elected. We find no evidence …

of winning the election, the strong prediction of complete policy divergence. The evidence is more consistent with full …