testable predictions. We test these in a laboratory experiment and find that observed election outcomes and vote shares are …We construct an election game to study the electoral impacts of biased candidate endorsements. We derive a set of … well predicted. We find no support, however, for our prediction that the relationship between election outcome and the …

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 …

In this paper, we address empirically the trade-offs involved in choosing between bureaucrats and politicians. In order … counterparts (”politicians”). We evaluate how performance would change if the courts replaced majority rule with unanimity rule …

investigated by scholars, empirical findings are mixed at best. This is partly because of the non-random nature of election timing … exploiting a natural experiment in Japan, where the timing of both executive and legislative elections in municipalities is fixed …

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 …

of the well-known trust game in a survey experiment with 4,800 respondents in Brazil and Mexico. Our design allows to … test the effect of social media on trust and trustworthiness. Survey respondents alternate as agents (politicians) and … contingent on their preferred “candidate” winning the election. We measure the extent to which voters place their trust in others …