the first and second ballot of the election, the state government announced a state of emergency with drastic measures to …

urban, more educated and relatively wealthier municipalities. Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that politicians …

political agency model where politicians seek re-election and where voters assess female and male politicians' actions … paper uncovers the role of electoral incentives. Using a close election regression discontinuity design in Brazil, we first … stay at home in the weeks surrounding the election. We then show that these results can be rationalized by a simple …

publicly-managed vaccination campaigns. We fill this gap by studying the case of Chile, which offers a rare combination of a … high-stakes election, voluntary voting, and a vaccination process halfway implemented by election day. Crucially, the roll …

test the effect of social media on trust and trustworthiness. Survey respondents alternate as agents (politicians) and … contingent on their preferred “candidate” winning the election. We measure the extent to which voters place their trust in others … exposed to messages from in-group or out-group politicians, and with positive or negative tone. Results provide robust support …

candidates vs proportional system with open list of candidates - on the quality of politicians. The exogenous variation in the … implement a Difference-in- Differences approach to compare the change in politicians' quality (as their education level) across … the treatment group (the Parliamentarians) and the control group (the regional councillors) of politicians before and …