Jacobson and Carson provide students with a comprehensive introduction to congressional
elections and the electoral process. The tenth edition offers an engaging examination of …

Providing an in-depth analysis of public opinion, including its origins in political
socialization, its role in the electoral process, and the impact of the media, American Public …

We present a simple theory of the quality (competence and honesty) of elected officials. Our
theory offers three main insights. Low-quality citizens have a 'comparative advantage'in …

This article studies the interplay of US primary and general elections. I examine how the
nomination of an extremist changes general-election outcomes and legislative behavior in …

Although the benefits of high status are well documented, in this research we explore the
potential hazards associated with high status that have increasingly been implicated in …

Utilizing a unique data set from the Italian Ministry of Justice reporting the transmission to the
Chamber of Deputies of more than the thousand requests for the removal of parliamentary …

Fifteen years ago, Peters and Welch investigated the effects of corruption charges on the
outcomes of US House elections. Their evidence from 1968 to 1978 indicated that charges …

The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had
far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary …

Our main goal is to quantify the returns to a career in the United States Congress. We specify
a dynamic model of career decisions of a member of Congress andestimate this model …

Many recent studies show that firms profit from connections to influential politicians, but less
is known about how much politicians financially benefit from wielding political influence. We …