misperceive the performance of their state's education system. Experimentally providing performance information polarizes citizens … educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms. …A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition …

misperceive the performance of their state's education system. Experimentally providing performance information polarizes citizens … educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms. …A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition …

performance of their state's education system. Experimentally providing performance information polarizes citizens' political … performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfareenhancing reforms. …A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfareenhancing policy competition across …

misperceive the performance of their state’s education system. Experimentally providing performance information polarizes citizens … educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms …A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition …

misperceive the performance of their state’s education system. Experimentally providing performance information polarizes citizens … educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms …A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition …

misperceive the performance of their state's education system. Experimentally providing performance information polarizes citizens … educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms. …A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition …

performance of their state's education system. Experimentally providing performance information polarizes citizens' political … performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfareenhancing reforms. …A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfareenhancing policy competition across …

misperceive the performance of their state's education system. Experimentally providing performance information polarizes citizens … educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms. …A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition …

misperceive the performance of their state's education system. Experimentally providing performance information polarizes citizens … educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms. …A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition …

distortionary tax. We demonstrate the possibility that yardstick competition itself fails to restrict rent seeking. We complement … static case. -- Yardstick competition ; rent-seeking ; public good ; electoral incentives …