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-checking company. Our results show that politicians are responsive to negative fact-checking. Specifically, we observe a significative … reduction in the number of incorrect statements made by politicians after being treated. This effect persists for at least two … months. We also observe a reduction in the probability of politicians making verifiable statements, suggesting that fact …
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Does stiffer electoral competition reduce political rent-seeking behavior? For a microanalysis of this question, I construct a new data set spanning the years 2005 to 2012 covering biographical and political information of German members of parliament (MPs) and including attendance rates in...
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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 …
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We study how to efficiently motivate policy-makers to solve political multitask problems. Political multi-task problems typically have outcomes that are difficult to measure. Moreover, there are conflicts among citizens about optimal policies and the agents have the power to tax the citizens to...
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resolving preference conflicts across individuals, politicians place substantially more importance on least-favored than on most …" which insists that choices merit intervention only if the lure of immediacy may bias intertemporal choice. Politicians' and …
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educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms. …
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