Cumulative Knowledge in the Social Sciences: The Case of Improving Voters' Information

• In Event: Media and Information

Brief Overview

Does electoral accountability work in developing countries? Empirical studies have found ambiguous effects of informing voters. This paper provides a rationale for this puzzle and offers lessons for the accumulation of knowledge in social sciences.

Authors

• Federica Izzo, UCSD

• Torun Dewan, London School of Economics and Political Science

• Stephane Wolton, London School of Economics