We study electoral competition among politicians who are heterogeneous both in competence and in how much they care … politicians may have stronger incentives to behave opportunistically if other politicians are more likely to behave … politicians’ incentives to behave opportunistically increase with politicians’ pay and with polarization of policy preferences. <p …

We study electoral competition among politicians who are heterogeneous both in competence and in how much they care … politicians may have stronger incentives to behave opportunistically if other politicians are more likely to behave … politicians’ incentives to behave opportunistically increase with politicians’ pay and with polarization of policy preferences. …

, politicians, parties and governments. For each of these topics, I identify and discuss some of the salient questions that have …

Theory predicts that the majoritarian electoral system should produce more targeted redistribution and lower … politicians’ rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House …

Do politicians tend to follow a strategy of ambiguity in their policy positions or a strategy of reputational … a theory that considers conditions under which a politician would and would not prefer reputational development and …

political competition affects the quality of elected politicians, as measured by using some ex-ante characteristics such as …

Since its publication over 60 years ago, Keynes' General Theory of Employment, Interest and Prices (1936) has … substantially influenced both macroeconomic theory and popular opinion about what governments can and should do. However, the extent …