and replaced them with pure tax financing. It is the purpose of this research to investigate the attitudes of politicians … results confirm the experience of real political decisions in that left-leaning politicians tend to oppose parental fees. They … do so mainly with the justification that "education must be free for all". Right-leaning politicians tend to support fees …

politicians' rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House … areas and show lower absenteeism rates than their proportional colleagues. -- Electoral rule ; politicians ; targeted …