We study sequential voting buying games in which an outsider, called the principal, sequentially attempts to capture committee members with opposite preferences before they make a decision through generalized majority voting. By characterizing the equilibria, we show that the amount of bribes...

This study examines the effect of political alignment on the political budget cycle in multi-level local governments (municipal and regional governments). The central government may increase transfers to politically unaligned municipalities before local elections if (1) these municipalities are...

The effects of precarious jobs on young people's well-being could be enduring. Research into the causes of harmful working behaviours among young people in the ride-hailing economy is limited. We used qualitative data from 40 ethnographic in-depth interviews with drivers in Ghana, Nigeria,...