S1 Ep47: Public disclosure as a political incentive: Evidence from municipal elections in India - a podcast by VoxDev.org

Councilors who thought performance reports would be published before an election invested more in infrastructure, with positive impacts on re-election

Read “Public Information is an Incentive for Politicians: Experimental Evidence from Delhi Elections” by Abhijit Banerjee, Nils Enevoldsen, Rohini Pande, and Michael Walton here.