regression discontinuity design with millions of observations suggests that advertising's impact on elections is largely due to …

between two potential policy outcomes of an election participate in large-scale elections when voting is costly? Using a … understanding of this form of costly punishment to help explain a puzzle of voting behavior: why do people who are indifferent … simple voting experiment, we show that many voters are willing to engage in voting as a form of punishment, even when voting …

mayoral candidates just prior to municipal elections. It left voters more knowledgeable about candidates' proposed policies …

When politicians are provided with insufficient incentives by the democratic election mechanism, we show that social … anonymous elections in democracies. …

the release of information? Using Brazilian elections and audits as an exogenous source of information, I show that both … competitiveness of elections and, therefore, candidates' spending. Only information disclosed prior to electoral campaigns impacts …

parties allow like-minded citizens to, first, share the cost of running in a public election and, second, coordinate on a …