politicians. Two political frictions (ideological adherence and a super- majority requirement) impair political competition and … lead to equilibria, where politicians receive corruption bribes. Furthermore, the model implies a non …

. Third, if the distribution of ideology is asymmetric, then political contesters may follow different platforms in … equilibrium. Fourth, political instability is desirable for selfish politicians, irrespectively of their risk aversion, because it …

numbers to study the drivers of a gender gap in political influence among elected politicians. Using panel data for the … careers of 35.000 Swedish municipal politicians over six election cycles we first document the said gender gap. Women are … meritocracy is not enforced. Positive correlations between competition and measures of competence for elected politicians of both …