timing of returns to office are crucial too, as politicians often have lucrative pensions and other types of delayed …

individuals. I use Canadian matched owner-employeremployee data to conduct my investigation. Empirically, older entrepreneurs and … entrepreneurs who have previously worked in high-wage firms tend to do better. To explain these findings, I develop a dynamic Roy …" entrepreneurs. I use the estimated model to evaluate policies designed to promote entrepreneurship. …

measure connections between politicians and the universe of firms. To identify the causal effect of access to political power …

In this paper we investigate the effect of family connections to politicians on individuals' labor market outcomes. We … on the part of politicians, the effect increases with politicians' clout and with the resources available in the …

A large theoretical and empirical literature explores whether politicians and political parties change their policy … in lower quality politicians and receive negative local newspaper coverage. These findings have important implications …