... only Representation electoral institutions local politics political economy public policy Political contestation increasingly centers on the institutional structure of politics itself. Politicians and activists recognize that these rules — in particular, electoral rules — influence...

...Gabor Simonovits; Julia Payson Does decentralizing policymaking authority to the local level lead to a closer match between public policies and citizen preferences? We study this question in the context of minimum wage laws, a salient and substantively important policy area with significant...