on higher candidate salience in small municipalities. We also quantify the election advantage of a slate being randomly …

Information affecting a candidate's reputation might have significant electoral consequences. Do candidates respond to … incumbent and challenger increase their campaign spending when detrimental information affects the incumbent's reputation … beneficiaries when detrimental (beneficial) reputation shocks occur. …

A common narrative is that COVID-19 cost Trump re-election. We do not find supporting evidence; if anything, the … effect, our estimates imply Trump would been on the precipice of re-election by winning Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, and only …

higher during election years, and reduce lending patterns thereafter. The study shows that countries that enforce monetary … regulatory independence of the central bank dampens the positive effect of elections on bank lending around election years while … they amplify the reductive effects on bank lending after election periods. There is a wake-up call for countries with weak …

following the election, even after controlling forindustry-specific effects and firm-specific controls. This suggests that … following election, suggesting that contributionsgained firms preferential access to finance. …

candidate to win an election, even though his main agenda item (i.e., postal privatization) is strongly opposed by special …