We explore the consequences of populism for bureaucrats' incentives by analyzing a model
of delegated policymaking between politicians and bureaucrats. Populist politicians prefer a …

We propose a mechanism linking legislative gridlock to voters' support for candidates who
hold extreme policy positions. Moderate voters rationally discount extreme policy proposals …

Successful economies rely upon effective lawmaking. Representatives must be effective
legislators—able to craft and pass new laws—and voters must choose to (re) elect these …

Filibusters and efforts to defeat them shape the public reputation of US senators and their
parties. I develop a formal model to study how senators' concerns about their own and the …

It is widely agreed that politicians are prone to hyperbole, proposing platforms that no one
expects them to fully accomplish. We develop a theory of electoral competition focusing on …