Gagliarducci, Stefano; Nannicini, Tommaso; Naticchioni, … - In: Journal of Public Economics 94 (2010) 9-10, pp. 688-699
In most modern democracies elected officials can work in the private sector while appointed in parliament. We show that when the political and market sectors are not mutually exclusive, a trade-off arises between the quality of elected officials and the time they devote to political life. If...