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

In this paper we investigate the effect of family connections to politicians on individuals' labor market outcomes. We … on the part of politicians, the effect increases with politicians' clout and with the resources available in the …

online messages and the decline in political trust around the world. To evaluate this claim causally, we implement a variant … test the effect of social media on trust and trustworthiness. Survey respondents alternate as agents (politicians) and … 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 …

political agency model where politicians seek re-election and where voters assess female and male politicians' actions …

period. We find that in the 1970's this world was quite fragmented with the largest interconnected group - the giant …, leading us to conclude that economics is an emerging small world. A crucial stable feature of the network over this period is … themselves). The world of economics is thus a collection of inter-linked stars. We also find that a growth in the average number …