Using a novel regional database covering over 200 elections in several European countries,
this paper provides new empirical evidence on the political consequences of fiscal …

This paper builds on the empirical literature that analyses the relationship between
government efficiency and economic growth by investigating the link on a sample of about …

This paper investigates the impact of voter support on the representation of women in the
political profession. The empirical analysis exploits two-stage elections in the United States …

This article examines the influence of the political ideology of the governing party on the
commitment of the city council to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the …

Is the quality of democracy undermined or enhanced by party-system fragmentation?
Addressing this question would help us better assess normative claims about electoral …

This paper documents the existence of electoral cycles in GDP growth forecasts released by
governments. In a theoretical model of political selection, we show that governments release …

Coastal development has advantages, such as job creation, and drawbacks, such as the
loss of environmental amenities, for both residents and non-residents. Local governments …

We study how partisan alignment across levels of government affects coalition formation and
government stability using a regression discontinuity design and a large dataset of Spanish …

Allocation decisions are vulnerable to political influence, but it is unclear in which situations
politicians use their discretionary power in a partisan manner. We analyze the allocation of …

This paper investigates how direct election regimes (à la presidential democracy) affect the
selection of women into political offices compared to indirect appointment (à la …