All-Rounders and One-Trick Ponies: Electoral Accountability in Multiple Dimensions

• In Event: Information, Electoral Accountability, and Interest Groups

Brief Overview

We study a model where an incumbent with uncertain skill allocates effort on two issues. They may work on too many issues, or too few, depending on their chances of being skilled on either issue or both.

Authors

• Zuheir Desai, The Ohio State University, Main Campus

• Gleason Judd, Princeton University