citizens and politicians and the role of competition and institutions in disciplining political agents. However, as the … electoral control of politicians and the credibility of policy commitments are limited, this perspective needs to be … review the emerging literature which investigates institutional conditions that impact the selection of politicians. We …

politicians' rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House …

How does competition affect the entry and selection of politicians? I use data on U.S. Congressional primary and …

politicians. On the demand side, parties and electoral rules (including reservations and quotas) play an important role in …

besonderen Regelungen im Rahmen der Kommunalwahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen wurde der Prozess der Registrierung etwas erleichtert und …

-ideological voters, who care about national and local policies, strongly prefer experts. We show that parties compete on good politicians … prediction. We find that politicians with higher ex-ante quality - as measured by years of schooling, previous market income, and …, the characteristics of politicians belonging to opposite parties converge to high-quality levels in close races …