This study examines how the economic effects of elections in rural China depend on voter heterogeneity, for which …

Unique survey data is used to study whether the introduction of local elections in China made local leaders more … the top-down introduction of elections across villages is studied to estimate the causal effects of elections and find … that elections affected policy outcomes in a way that is consistent with the predicted effects of increased local leader …

in public elections to choose government leaders and also in private elections to determine the course of action for … organizations realize that the use of new technologies such as the Internet can have beneficial impacts on elections - i.e. higher … voter turnout and lower costs of conducting elections. The rules governing elections tend to be highly specialized to meet …

key outcome variables: voter turnout in last elections, closeness to political party; and participation in protests. In …

elections on local economic growth in Indonesia by using a quasi-experimental research method. The first direct elections of …. Thus, growth in districts that have had their first elections of district heads can be compared with growth in districts … estimations show no general effect of local elections on economic growth. The result is robust to various robustness tests and is …

militancy in the state. The 2011 panchayat elections provide the best opportunity to restore the confidence of the people in the …