When and how do governments deliver public goods and services in response to citizen
preferences? We review the current literature on government responsiveness, with a focus …

Democratic elections have been assumed to play a crucial role in curbing corruption among
public officials. Voters, due to their general distaste for corruption, are expected to sanction …

We study the impact of the diffusion of high-speed Internet on different forms of political
participation, using municipal data from Italy from 1996 to 2013. Our empirical strategy …

Citizens around the world look to the state for social welfare provision, but often struggle to
access essential services in health, education, and social security. This book investigates …

The increased focus on marketizing mechanisms and contracting‐out operations following
the New Public Management reform agenda has sparked a debate on whether the close …

Widespread corruption and lack of trust in political institutions are common development
problems that are likely deeply interconnected. We contribute to the existing understanding …

We show that Brazilian voters strongly sanction malfeasant mayors when presented with
hypothetical scenarios but take no action when given the same information about their own …

In the context of an exponential rise in access to information in the last two decades, this
special issue explores when and how information might be harnessed to improve …

We provide a model of self-selection by candidates in a probabilistic voting environment to
shed light on the forces shaping the quality of politicians from both the supply and demand …

Voters may be unable to hold politicians to account if they lack basic information about their
representatives' performance. Civil society groups and international donors therefore …