In most national elections, voters face a key choice between continuity and change.
Electoral turnovers occur when the incumbent candidate or party fails to win reelection. To …

We study how electoral systems affect the presence of women in politics in the context of
Spanish municipal elections, in which national law mandates that municipalities follow one …

How do parties motivate candidates to exert effort in closed-list elections, where seat
outcomes are uncertain only for candidates in marginal list positions? We argue that parties …

This paper studies how political fragmentation affects government stability. Using a
regression discontinuity design, we show that each additional party with representation in …

Candidates' placements in polls, past elections, or early rounds of a multi-round election can
be powerful coordination devices for parties and voters. Using a regression discontinuity …

Why are women strongly underrepresented in top political positions? We analyze the effect
of party leaders' gender on their ability to capitalize on political power during negotiations to …

Disintegrating harmful networks presents a significant challenge, especially in spatial
networks where both topological and geospatial features must be considered. Existing …

We estimate the unemployment effects of a large fiscal stimulus in Spain (Plan Español para
el Estímulo de la Economía y el Empleo, the Spanish Plan for the Stimulus of the Economy …

In list-based proportional representation systems the election of individual politicians largely
depends on their rank position on the ballot. Party organizations therefore play a crucial role …

Under closed-list proportional representation, a party's electoral list determines the order in
which legislative seats are allocated to candidates. When candidates differ in their ability …