politicians' quality is positively affected by their wage and apply a Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design relying on the fact …

avoid tax increases in election years. These data contain 3 useful attributes: (1) when state politicians enact tax laws, (2 … implemented tax changes relative to non-election years. We find some evidence that politicians are most likely to enact tax …We use new annual data on gasoline taxes and corporate income taxes from U.S. states to analyze whether politicians …

capital we speculate that this is the result of incumbent politicians using their resources to establish clienteles. …

avoid tax increases in election years. These data contain 3 useful attributes: (1) when state politicians enact tax laws, (2 … implemented tax changes relative to non-election years. We find some evidence that politicians are most likely to enact tax …We use new annual data on gasoline taxes and corporate income taxes from U.S. states to analyze whether politicians …

avoid tax increases in election years. Our data provide three items of information: (1) when state politicians enact tax …We use new annual data on gasoline taxes and corporate income taxes from U.S. states to analyze whether politicians … laws, (2) when state politicians implement tax laws on consumers and firms, and (3) the size of tax changes. Using a …

political selection. Overall, we conclude that voters select more competent politicians when they face uncertainty about the …

How does competition affect the entry and selection of politicians? I use data on U.S. Congressional primary and … winner of the general election. …

We quantify the implications of voter bias and electoral competition for politicians' gender composition. Unfavorable … election year, we find that female candidates obtain fewer votes in municipalities with higher gender earnings gaps. We show … districts. We find empirical support for such a strategic party response to voter gender bias. Simulating our calibrated model …