When Electoral Responsiveness Harms Voters: Evidence from Electoral Pollution Cycles in Mexican Municipalities

• In Event: Electoral Responsiveness and Political Rhetoric

Brief Overview

Can electoral responsiveness harm voters, and if so, when? We theorize a set of circumstances under which a preferred policy can also have adverse consequences for voters, using the electoral effects on air quality in Mexico as an empirical example.

Authors

• Shiran Victoria Victoria Shen, University of Virginia

• Cesar B. Martinez Alvarez, University of California-Los Angeles

• Edgar Franco Vivanco, University of Michigan