5/6 🧵In ‪@ajpseditor.bsky.social‬ @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social Klašnja & @simonweschle.bsky.social‬ show that higher pressures to spend in campaigns leads to a wealthier politician pool. Use data on MP wealth from 40 countries, & quasiexperimental evidence from 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇱 https://doi.org/pz7c

To be fair, he's tweeting that he's upset that he *didn't* get anything out of it, which suggests he thinks the causal effect of campaign finance is zero :)

Thanks, Lukas (and your co-authors), I really appreciate it!

3-Politicians’ private sector jobs and parliamentary behavior, @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Updated report here (based on author’s feedback): ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/i4rdps...

Author: “Thanks a lot to the replication team for their careful analysis, I really appreciate all the work they put into it!”