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All the Single Ladies: Job Promotions and the Durability of Marriage (2020)
Journal Article

Dynastic Political Rents? Economic Benefits to Relatives of Top Politicians (2017)
Journal Article

We exploit close elections in Swedish municipalities to test whether relatives of politicians who become mayors obtain economic benefits. We find no benefits for the siblings of new mayors, but the average earnings of children of newly appointed mayo... Read More about Dynastic Political Rents? Economic Benefits to Relatives of Top Politicians.

Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden (2017)
Journal Article

We develop a model where party leaders choose the competence of politicians on the ballot to trade off electoral success against their own survival. The predicted correlation between the competence of party leaders and followers is strongly supported... Read More about Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden.

Who Becomes A Politician? (2017)
Journal Article

Can a democracy attract competent leaders, while attaining broad representation? Economic models suggest that free-riding incentives and lower opportunity costs give the less competent a comparative advantage at entering political life. Moreover, if... Read More about Who Becomes A Politician?.