We analyze whether female or male members of parliament adhere more closely to voters' revealed preferences using a unique setting. By matching individual representatives' voting behavior on legislative proposals with real referendum outcomes on the same issues, we identify the effect of gender...

Rational and forward-looking individuals know that government debts today mean higher taxes in the future. The Ricardian equivalence at the national level implies that the burden of the debt cannot be shifted between generations as intergenerational transfers allow the future generation to pay...