outcome, this paper develops a theory exploring two fundamental factors at play during elections - the critical political … inequality and low redistribution can coexist. The theory's assumptions and outcomes are explored empirically using individual …

counter-reform process. The document stresses the need to rebuild a consensus around a PMP capable of increasing productivity …

The challenge of public administration reform is well-known: politicians often have little interest in the efficient … second mechanism through which non-programmatic parties undermine public sector reform: clientelistic politicians have weaker … implementation of government policy. Using new data from 439 World Bank public sector reform loans in 109 countries, we demonstrate …

after the electoral reform is enforced. We find that the introduction of the reform lowered the politicians' ability. The … candidates vs proportional system with open list of candidates - on the quality of politicians. The exogenous variation in the … implement a Difference-in- Differences approach to compare the change in politicians' quality (as their education level) across …