The share of women in political offices has increased considerably over the past few
decades in almost every country in the world. Does this matter for policy outcomes? This is …

Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy
between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing compared with …

Politician characteristic regression discontinuity (PCRD) designs leveraging close elections
are widely used to isolate effects of an elected politician characteristic on downstream …

We study the effect of women's public leadership in times of crisis. We use a regression
discontinuity design in close mayoral races between male and female candidates to …

We develop a model where party leaders choose the competence of politicians on the ballot
to trade off electoral success against their own survival. The predicted correlation between …

We analyze close elections between male and female mayoral candidates in Brazilian
municipalities to provide novel evidence on the role of women as policymakers. Using an …

In the absence of party labels, voters must use other information to determine whom to
support. The institution of nonpartisan elections, therefore, may impact voter choice by …

What has been the response of US governors to the COVID-19 pandemic? In this research
note, we explore the determinants of implementing stay-at-home orders, focusing on …

This article studies the interplay of US primary and general elections. I examine how the
nomination of an extremist changes general-election outcomes and legislative behavior in …

Does it matter for municipal policy which party controls the mayorship in municipal
government? The bulk of the existing evidence says no. But there are a variety of theoretical …