The financing of political campaigns is an area of active scholarly study. I review some of the recent literature and discuss important methodological issues that arise in empirical …
S Claessens, E Feijen, L Laeven - Journal of financial economics, 2008 - Elsevier
Using novel indicators of political connections constructed from campaign contribution data, we show that Brazilian firms that provided contributions to (elected) federal deputies …
What is good government? Why do some governments fail? How do you implement political accountability in practice? What incentives do you need to put in place to ensure that …
T Besley - Journal of Economic perspectives, 2005 - aeaweb.org
Almost every major episode of economic change over the past 200 years of political history has been associated with key personalities coming to power with a commitment to these …
A Bonica - American Journal of Political Science, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
I develop a statistical method to measure the ideology of candidates and political action committees (PACs) using contribution data. The method recovers ideal points for …
An important empirical literature evaluates whether voters are rational by examining how electoral outcomes respond to events outside the control of politicians, such as natural …
This paper studies the effects of campaign spending limits on the political entry, selection, and behavior of local politicians in Brazil. We analyze a reform that limits campaign …
This article studies the role of political distortions in driving economic growth and development in Africa. We first discuss how existing theories based on long-run structural …
V Pons - American Economic Review, 2018 - aeaweb.org
This paper provides the first estimate of the effect of door-to-door canvassing on actual electoral outcomes, via a countrywide experiment embedded in François Hollande's …