informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of …. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters … in line with our theory. …

. Fiscal competition is associated with less income redistribution and a less equal distribution of disposable incomes, but …

influences the succeeding education policy. More surprisingly, the prospect of voting on education policy also affects the … the two-dimensional heterogeneity of the citizens shapes the voting equilibrium in our setting with sequential voting. …

and the extent of redistribution in democratic regimes – though such a link does not exist when objective measures of …

Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data from … Moldova, we show that the emigration episode that started in the late 1990s strongly affected political preferences and …. Identification relies on the quasi-experimental context studied and on the differential effects arising from the fact that emigration …

This paper examines the role of cultural factors in driving the politics and shape of migration policy. We show that … equilibria: some countries have mostly temporary migration programs and see a low degree of cultural assimilation by the migrants …

of utility, and lower preferred levels of income redistribution. In societies with a low level of actual social mobility …

We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in … Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. The Social …-in-differences strategy for identification. We find clear evidence of prospective pocketbook voting. Voters respond to campaign promises but …