employees who were paid using taxpayers’ money. We examine whether being involved in the scandal influenced re-election … of the 2013 state elections. We propose three explanations: (i) the Bavarian state election was a test run for the German … federal election; (ii) the state government made a quite good job of clarifying failings; (iii) in June 2013, a very heavy …

. In a panel of Norwegian municipalities I find that rain on Election Day increases turnout. As turnout affects electoral …