election. To explain this fact, we employ Alesina and Tabellini's (1990) model of partisan politics, extended to have elections … with prospective voting. We show that inertia in policies, combined with sufficient uncertainty in election outcomes …

relationship between the franchise extension and the election results. We find little evidence of a connection between the two. New …

We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates … German election system that combines first-past-the-post election with party-list proportional representation, our results …

from the right and one from the left, using panel data from 290 municipal election districts. To identify causal effects … incumbency advantage in the next election. Exploring possible mechanisms, we find evidence that when the anti-immigrant party … wins a marginal seat, they experience higher levels of politician turnover before the next election and receive negative …

from the right and one from the left, using panel data from 290 municipal election districts. To identify causal effects … incumbency advantage in the next election. Exploring possible mechanisms, we find evidence that when the anti-immigrant party … wins a marginal seat, they experience higher levels of politician turnover before the next election and receive negative …

We ask three questions. First, do election systems differ in how they translate physical attractiveness of candidates … German election system that combines first-past-the-post election with party-list proportional representation, our results …

foundation win the 2018 Presidential election, and that its effects persisted into the next election. We show how economic power …