Joao Francisco Pugliese

Graduate Student Research Funding | 2023–2024 Academic Year

Politicians' Communication and Accountability 

Informed voters can make better choices and hold politicians accountable. But voters' information is influenced by politicians. How do politicians choose to communicate, and how do they take different voter attributes into account? Are voters sophisticated in their understanding of politicians' responsibilities, and how politicians' messages change voters' perceptions? We study these questions through an information field experiment in the context of a child immunization crisis in Brazil, where coverage rates have fallen sharply and mayors' are responsible for on-the-ground execution of policies.

Joao Francisco Pugliese - Department of Economics

Joao F. Pugliese is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Economics of Stanford. His areas of interest are development and political economy. He is interested in media economics, information, and public goods provision. Pugliese is originally from Londrina, Brazil, and received his BA and MA from the Sao Paulo School of Economics before joining Stanford.

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