Working or Shirking?A Closer Look at MPs’ Expenses and Parliamentary Attendance
This paper studies determinants of MPs expense claims in Parliament using the datareleased under the freedom of information act in 2004. Using a multiple regressionframework, we correlate expenses with three sets of variables: constituencycharacteristics, party affiliation and individual characteristics. We also look at the ratio ofparliamentary expenses claimed to votes cast in parliament as a crude measure of valuefor money. We use the results to reflect on two views of the motivation of MPs, thepublic Choice view and the public service view.
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2005-11
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Authors: | Besley, Timothy ; Larcinese, Valentino |
Institutions: | Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE |
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