We investigate the effect of female leadership on gender differences in public and private
organizations. Female leadership impact was constructed using a quasi-experiment …

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 …

This paper studies the introduction of electronic voting technology in Brazilian elections.
Estimates exploiting a regression discontinuity design indicate that electronic voting reduced …

In many countries, important features of municipal government (such as the electoral system,
mayors' salaries, and the number of councillors) depend on whether the municipality is …

We estimate a model of strategic voting and quantify the impact it has on election outcomes.
Because the model exhibits multiplicity of outcomes, we adopt a set estimator. Using …

This paper makes use of regression discontinuity designs to estimate the effect of the
number of legislators on the size of government. The results indicate a negative effect, ie, the …

Technological advances and the development of social media have made petitions, public
protests, and other form of spontaneous activism increasingly common tools for individuals …

Citizens' compliance with health measures and policies can have an important effect on the
state of public health. This is the case of mass immunization through vaccines, for example …

In French parliamentary and local elections, candidates ranked first and second in the first
round automatically qualify for the second round, while a third candidate qualifies only when …

Exploiting regression discontinuity designs in Brazilian, Indian, and Canadian first-past-the-
post elections, we document that second-place candidates are substantially more likely than …