This fully updated fifth edition of An Introduction to African Politics is an ideal textbook for
those new to the study of this fascinating continent. Charting trends in government over six …

Does inflation affect CO2 emissions? Surprisingly, this crucial relationship has not benefited
from enough academic attention. As a result, we fill this knowledge gap and examine …

Electoral accountability is fundamental to representative democracy. Yet, it can also be
costly for governance because it generates turnover among bureaucrats (not just politicians) …

This paper assesses how national leaders' quality of governance varies with their career
and education. Using a sample of 1,000 rulers between 1931 and 2010, I identify three types …

What makes politicians respond to civil society organizations' demands? I use new data on
government transfers to French associations and exploit close elections to show that …

This paper investigates the effects of campaign finance rules on electoral outcomes. In
French departmental and municipal elections, candidates competing in districts above 9,000 …

This paper documents that surprise election outcomes–measured as deviations between
realised vote shares and expected vote shares based on a newly constructed dataset of …

The reintroduction of the foreign agents bill, particularly targeting nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) and independent media outlets, which occurred only months before …

Most central banks around the world have increased their transparency in recent decades.
These developments have had an impact on financial markets. Several studies have …

Legislators in developing democracies turn over at very high rates: across recent
parliamentary elections in 12 African countries, only a third of incumbents are reelected on …