cases and decide on the basis of the information so gathered? I call the former the inquisitorial procedure in arbitration … increasing marginal returns to improvements in the information of an interested party. There are no analogous increasing returns … to the arbitrator’s information under the inquisitorial procedure. …

parties? Democratic theory assumes that offering more information to voters will enhance electoral accountability. However, if …Does information about rampant political corruption increase electoral participation and the support for challenger … increased support for challengers and higher political participation. We provide experimental evidence that information about …

-Coate (1997)) to an asymmetric information setting, in which the type of a given individual is assumed to be private information … for a number of (potential) candidates at most equal to three. This is in sharp contrast with the complete information …

information about their ability to exert influence. We find a new informational effect in the political game under centralized …, centralization reduces capture, and is more likely to be welfare enhancing in the presence of information asymmetries. Then, we apply …

-specific efficiencies. This enables the firms to influence the merger control procedure by strategically revealing their information to an … antitrust authority. Although the information improves upon the quality of the authority’s decision, the influence activities … may be detrimental to welfare if information processing/gathering is excessively costly. Whether this is the case depends …

In this Paper I analyse how careerist judges formulate their decisions using information they uncover during … deliberations, as well as relevant information from previous decisions. I assume that judges have reputation concerns and try to …

legislative bodies also helps the voters, in two distinct ways. First, it can elicit information held by the appointed officials …