's jurisdiction increases significantly pre-election, spiking 23%, with zero equivalent move for equivalently global (but domestic …

positive impact of the social networks of corporate directors and politicians on firm value. Firms connected to elected …, and in closer, smaller, and active networks. Post-election, firms connected to the winner receive significantly more state …

their office after they had been indicted for charges of corruption. We take advantage of this unique setting to estimate … the effect of anti-corruption judicial activity on electoral sanctioning of low-integrity incumbents. Relying on actual … to test this effect. The results indicate that the electoral effect of judicial anti-corruption activity on the vote …

election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect …

election relative to an analogous impact for men who closely win or lose a state legislature election. We find that the effect …

electoral candidates and election of politicians. Using unique data that combine population registers and election statistics … dimensions of non-cognitive ability. Second, elected politicians possess more desirable traits than nonelected candidates. Our …

-ideological voters, who care about national and local policies, strongly prefer experts. We show that parties compete on good politicians … prediction. We find that politicians with higher ex-ante quality - as measured by years of schooling, previous market income, and …, the characteristics of politicians belonging to opposite parties converge to high-quality levels in close races …