data on labor-market performance to craete a measure of the competence of politicians. We investigate the effects of the … Social Democratic party in 1993. Far from being at odds with meritocracy, this quota increased the competence of male … politicians where it raised the share of female representation the most. …

We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to …

two issues, e.g., economy and foreign policy, but each candidate may only credibly signal his competence or announce his …, then politicians who are very competent on both issues will switch. If voters have superior information on a politician … than the other, the politicians are more likely to campaign on the more important issue. If politicians are able to …

two issues, e.g., economy and foreign policy, but each candidate may only credibly signal his competence or announce his …, then politicians who are very competent on both issues will switch. If voters have superior information on a politician … than the other, the politicians are more likely to campaign on the more important issue. If politicians are able to …