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The political cost of being soft on crime : evidence from a natural experiment

Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2017

We provide evidence about voters' response to crime control policies. We exploit a natural experiment arising from the Italian 2006 collective pardon releasing about one third of the prison population. The pardon created idiosyncratic incentives to recidivate across released individuals and...

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The political cost of being soft on crime : evidence from a natural experiment

Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2017

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Mass media, instrumental information, and electoral accountability

Bruns, Christian; Himmler, Oliver - 2016

has a hard time providing an instrumental explanation for the existence of "accountability journalism". According to the … apply when a group of voters shares a common goal such as accountability and information is delivered via mass media. In …

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Lexicographic voting : holding parties accountable in the presence of Downsian competition

Klingelhöfer, Jan - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 15 (2015) 4, pp. 1867-1892

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On ignorant voters and busy politicians

Aytimur, R. Emre; Bruns, Christian - 2015

We show that a large electorate of ignorant voters can succeed in establishing high levels of electoral accountability … performance. We find that the accountability problem can be solved well in the sense that the incumbent exerts effort as if she …

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