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Just Employ a Woman! An Investigation of the Family Relatives Affair in Bavaria

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  • Björn Kauder
  • Niklas Potrafke
  • Leonard Thielmann

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In spring 2013 it became known that members of Bavaria’s state parliament had employed relatives and that the latter were paid with taxpayers’ money. A new study of whether involvement in the scandal influenced the election result of the CSU or participation in the Bavarian state elections of 2013 shows that this was not the case.

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  • Björn Kauder & Niklas Potrafke & Leonard Thielmann, 2015. "Just Employ a Woman! An Investigation of the Family Relatives Affair in Bavaria," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 68(01), pages 50-55, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:68:y:2015:i:01:p:50-55
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    1. Björn Kauder & Niklas Potrafke & Alexander Stecher, 2015. "Just Hire Your Wife! The Relatives Affair in Bavaria – Part Two of the Analysis," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 68(20), pages 20-24, October.

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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values

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