How can we motivate "good" politicians — those that will carry out policy that is responsive to citizens' preferences … — to enter politics? In a field experiment in Pakistan, we vary how political office is portrayed to ordinary citizens. We … political entry shape how politicians perform in office …

How can we motivate good politicians those that will carry out policy that is responsive to citizens' preferences to … enter politics? In a field experiment in Pakistan, we vary how political office is portrayed to ordinary citizens. We find …

for contesting elections, making it critical to understand the role of politicians' education in their performance. We … and less-educated politicians. We find that narrowly electing a graduate leader, as compared to a non-graduate leader, in …

for contesting elections, making it critical to understand the role of politicians' education in their performance. We … and less-educated politicians. We find that narrowly electing a graduate leader, as compared to a non-graduate leader, in …

), Groseclose (1999), and Aragones and Palfrey (2003)), this would mean that extremist candidates are bad politicians. We consider a …

collusion between media and politicians change if two pieces of information about the politician are available: media … honest politicians from dishonest ones more often than if they were relying on media information only; ii) collusion is … citizens. -- Mass Media ; Corruption ; Selection and Discipline of Politicians …

, resources, and election characteristics — in both national and local elections. A more recent line of research has focused on …