Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s. Among the most important factors of America’s…
Money is essential for electoral politics yet its use and abuse often raises problems of graft, corruption, and cronyism. To throw new…
The topic of moral competence is generally neglected in the study of public management and policy, yet it is critical to any hope we might…
In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are legitimate?…
Although in theory elections are supposed to prevent criminal or venal candidates from winning or retaining office, in practice voters…
The UNDP publication Gender Equality in Elected Office in
Asia-Pacific: Six Actions to Expand Women’s Empowerment
provides an overview of…
The introduction of electoral gender quotas in diverse contexts around the globe has attracted a great deal of scholarly and political…
This article evaluates a body of recent work that uses field and natural experiments to answer the question of whether informed voters can…