Research interests:
Political agency models, models of political competition
Politics as an occupational choice
Political economy of decentralization
The role of the media in political competition
Links between political and economic development
Incentives in government.
Homepage: http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/tbesley/
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Quantitative and qualitative governance analysis
decentralization in Latin America.
Homepage: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/destin/faguetjp.html
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Lobbying
Contract Theory
Incomplete Contracts
Learning and Matching
Firm-Specific Human Capital
Homepage: http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/lfelli/
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Homepage: http://personal.lse.ac.uk/hix
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Contract Theory
Voting Systems
Voter Turnout
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The role of information in elections
information and public policy
mass media
voting behaviour
income distribution and redistribution
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The effect of institutions on bureaucratic behaviour
Current work is focusing on the impact of short-term employment contracts, the disclosure of employee performance measures and the introduction of performance related pay.
Homepage: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctpcle
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links between media industry and political accountability
campaign advertising
Homepage: http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/prat
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Modelling and measuring (empirically) the effects of ideas, interests and institutions in legislative settings
Applications of new methodologies (e.g., computer-assisted content analysis)
Political economy of trade
19th century British trade policy
Homepage: http://personal.lse.ac.uk/schonhar/
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Formal political theory
Congressional and parliamentary politics
Public policy
Political economy
Homepage: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kshepsle/
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Links between representative democracy and economic development
Political Economy of Monetary Institutions
Transparency in government
Electoral competition and public spending in Africa
Homepage: http://personal.lse.ac.uk/stasavag/
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Democratic institutions and fiscal policy
Public finance
Electoral reforms and political careers
Homepage: http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/veronese/index_own.html/
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