a better reputation as supporters of the reform. At a more general level, the argument applies to situations where …

Information affecting a candidate's reputation might have significant electoral consequences. Do candidates respond to … the release of information? Using Brazilian elections and audits as an exogenous source of information, I show that both … incumbent and challenger increase their campaign spending when detrimental information affects the incumbent's reputation …

investigate how reputation concerns among governors influence the decision to experiment with welfare policies. In line with a … political agency model, our empirical results suggest that governors with high reputation among the electorate are less likely … to experiment with welfare policies than governors with low reputation. Yet, governors with high reputation who are less …