Although women are increasingly securing various political positions, stereotype exist in the public perception of male and female political candidates'viability and credibility. The emergence of social networking service has increased the potential for candidates to present themselves actively...

The role of electoral incentives vs. selection is ideally analyzed in a setting where the same legislators are selected to decide on policies under different electoral rules and where voter preferences on policies can be precisely measured. This is the first paper to look at such a situation....

Politicians have multiple principals. We investigate the weights that politicians put on the revealed preferences of their constituents, special interest groups and party when deciding on legislative proposals. Preferences of constituents, special interest groups and parties are directly...