The literature on the rational PBC suggests that politicians systematically manipulate economic and fiscal conditions … before elections to increase their chances of eelection. Most tests of this theory look for evidence of pre-election …

practice, incumbency advantage and coordination issues may lead to the (re)election of bad politicians. We ask whether these …In theory, free and fair elections can improve the selection of politicians and incentivize them to exert effort. In … elections, we find that winning an election increases candidates' chances to win the next election by 25.1 percentage points …

the mayoral election in March 2020, the Bavarian state government announced an official state of emergency with measures …

We estimate the effect of winning a mayoral election on long-run licit earnings, which plays a key role in the … an election is equal to 35,000€, or 85 percent of the annual labor and social security earnings for the average candidate … years after the election. Net of compensations for service, this effect is negative during the first ten years after the …

that direct election regimes ease the selection of competent politicians into office. …This paper investigates how direct election regimes (à la presidential democracy) affect the selection of women into … of female mayors substantially. The results are stronger in cities with a high pre-reform share of female politicians and …

We estimate the effect of winning a mayoral election on long-run licit earnings, which plays a key role in the … an election is equal to 35,000€, or 85 percent of the annual labor and social security earnings for the average candidate … years after the election. Net of compensations for service, this effect is negative during the first ten years after the …

In this paper we study whether and how the belief that the gender of politicians affects their competence on different …-specific gender bias in elections which can describe both the presence of a real comparative advantage ('kernel-of-truth' case, or … stereotype) and the case of pure prejudice. We show that, if the bias exists, it influences electoral results and that its effect …

political agency model where politicians seek re-election and where voters assess female and male politicians' actions … paper uncovers the role of electoral incentives. Using a close election regression discontinuity design in Brazil, we first … stay at home in the weeks surrounding the election. We then show that these results can be rationalized by a simple …

politicians ascent to higher office, if it entails stricter scrutiny that may reduce favoritism. Around close Congress elections …, we find RDD-based evidence of this adverse effect that a politicians win reduces his former classmates firms stock value … effect. It further varies with politicians power, firm size and governance, and connection strength, and diminishes as a …