Conventional wisdom suggests that parties in candidate-centered electoral systems should
be associated with less cohesive policy preferences among legislators. We model the …

We develop a new framework to study legislative representation in list proportional
representation (PR) systems. Our model studies a legislator's incentives to balance the …

Pre-electoral coalitions (PECs) may increase parties' chances of winning an election, but
they may also distort electoral results and policies away from citizens' preferences. To shed …

Voter demand for less redistribution in the face of mass migration maps into actual outcomes
insofar as politicians supplying these policies respond to it. We study whether establishing …

List proportional representation with candidate voting can facilitate policy representation in
multiple dimensions. However, candidates with deviating positions may not benefit if cues …

We develop a model of elections in which parties choose their ideological position and the
ideology of their candidates. Tighter candidate selection reduces policy uncertainty for …

We evaluate the causes and consequences of pre-electoral coalitions (PECs). In Finland,
local elections use a proportional representation system with open lists, and parties may …

This paper presents novel empirical evidence that gambling style behaviour–which has
been documented in many areas of economic decision-making–is important in politics. We …

How do voters and candidates arrive at their immigration stances? Although immigration is
at the center of current political debates, we know surprisingly little about how these attitudes …

Finnish elections use an open-list proportional representation system, and parties may form
pre-electoral coalitions (PECs) in the form of joint lists. We document that PECs are more …