Mayors as Managers: Assessing the Role of Political Leaders in the U.S.

• In Event: CwC Experiments and Political Elites: Workshop: Research Designs II

Brief Overview

While the notion that competence among political leaders is an important and desirable trait is universally shared, there is little rigorous empirical evidence backing this belief. A difference-in-difference design is employed.

Authors

• Maria Carreri, University of California, San Diego

• Julia Payson, New York University