“...How voting behavior in Latin America is influenced by social networks and everyday communication among peersIn Latin America’s new democracies, political...”

“...Pork barrel spending is typically attributed to the strategic behavior of political elites hoping to be electorally rewarded by voters residing in their...”

“...* An agenda setter can exploit a legislature (completely) by promising future benefits to legislators who support him. * Legislators may approve policies by...”

“...What motivates MPs to challenge executive policy priorities? When and why do they support seemingly more "pro-poor" measures? This article presents a novel...”

“...Journalistic and academic accounts of Congress suggest that important committee positions allow members to procure more federal funds for their constituents,...”

“...Foreign aid is thought to be useful, and therefore desirable, to recipient governments because it allows them to increase their support through the provision...”

“...We extend the canonical Baron–Ferejohn model of majoritarian legislative bargaining in order to analyze the effects of partisanship on bargaining outcomes. We...”

“...Existing research on distributive politics mainly focuses on the influence of electoral competition between political parties, but less is known about...”

“...In many domains, committees bargain over a sequence of policies and a policy remains in effect until a new agreement is reached. In this paper, I argue that,...”

“...•During India’s Covid-19 lockdown, we conducted a phone survey of 321 slum leaders across 79 slums in two Indian cities.•Slum leaders persisted as...”