Wallack, Jessica SeddonGaviria, AlejandroPanizza, UgoStein, Ernesto2014-02-262014-02-262003-01World Bank Economic Reviewhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17168This article presents a new data set on electoral systems and outlines its potential uses in research on the links between electoral systems and economic outcomes. The data measure the extent to which politicians can advance their careers by appealing to narrow geographic constituencies on the one hand or party constituencies on the other.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOADVERTISINGARTICLEBASICBICAMERAL SYSTEMCANDIDATESCITIZEN CONTROLCLASSIFICATIONCLASSIFICATIONSCODESCODINGCOMPETITIVENESSCONSTITUENCIESCONSTITUENCYCONSTITUENTCONSTITUENTSDEMOCRACIESDEMOCRACYDEMOCRATIC REGIMESDESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTIONSE-MAILE-MAIL ADDRESSECONOMIC OUTCOMESECONOMIC RESEARCHELECTED REPRESENTATIVESELECTIONELECTORAL PROCESSELECTORAL SYSTEMELECTORAL SYSTEMSENTRYINCOME GROUPSINVENTORYLAWSLEGISLATORSLOCAL REPRESENTATIVESLOWER HOUSESORDERINGPARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL RIGHTSPOLITICAL SYSTEMSPROBABILITYRESEARCHERSRESULTSOCIAL SCIENCESSPREADSHEETSYSTEM DESIGNTRANSITION ECONOMIESUPPER HOUSEUPPER HOUSESUSERSVOTERSJournal ArticleWorld Bank10.1596/17168