So far there is no evidence that term limits for city councils provide for a greater responsiveness of elected officials. On the contrary, some studies provide evidence that term limits lead to increased short-sighted decision making, since they weaken elected officials’ accountability to voters. This may happen due to misalignment in officials’ interests, who “will not be eligible to reap the benefits of far-sighted behaviour. As a result, [they] face[] incentives to spend government money to implement [their} preferred policies, or limit the spending behaviour of future policy-makers”. Moreover, research suggests that term limits are not helpful in ousting bad legislators and local politicians, as they provide equal treatment for both good and bad representatives and shorten the politicians’ time horizon.