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Using exogenous variation in social proximity generated by an allocation rule, we find that bureaucrats assigned to their home states are perceived to be more corrupt and less able to withstand illegitimate political pressure. Despite this, we observe that home officers are more likely to be...
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Two main career paths are prevalent among politicians in modern democracies: there are career politicians (i ….e., politicians who work in the political sector until retirement), and political careers (i.e., there are politicians who leave … careers of politicians in an environment with a private sector and a political sector, where individuals are heterogeneous …
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Using exogenous variation in social proximity generated by an allocation rule, we find that bureaucrats assigned to their home states are perceived to be more corrupt and less able to withstand illegitimate political pressure. Despite this, we observe that home officers are more likely to be...
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incumbency advantage among state legislators. Finally, we show that most local politicians are unable to move on the state and …
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This paper investigates the impact of voter support on the representation of women in the political profession. The empirical analysis exploits two-stage elections in the United States and Italy to hold the selection of candidates constant. In two-stage elections, candidates are admitted to the...
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