Vincent Pons
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Harvard University, Harvard Business School
National Bureau of Economic Research, Faculty Research Fellow
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2 Articles
![A beige curtain separates three people in a voting booth shown from below the knee to their feet](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AR-thumb-campaign-finance.jpg)
Reimbursing Candidate Campaign Contributions Makes Elections More Competitive
Incumbents in France are reelected less often when all candidates can be repaid for personal outlays
![Posters for various candidates for the French presidential election](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AR-vote-winners-card-760x540-1-760x570.png)
Voters Often Opt for Candidate They Expect to Win
The bandwagon effect boosts the top vote-getter in preliminary rounds