Pay for politicians and candidate selection: An empirical analysis
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- Kotakorpi, Kaisa & Poutvaara, Panu, 2011. "Pay for politicians and candidate selection: An empirical analysis," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(7), pages 877-885.
- Kotakorpi, Kaisa & Poutvaara, Panu, 2011. "Pay for politicians and candidate selection: An empirical analysis," Munich Reprints in Economics 19489, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
- Kaisa Kotakorpi & Panu Poutvaara, 2010. "Pay for Politicians and Candidate Selection: An Empirical Analysis," CESifo Working Paper Series 3126, CESifo.
- Kotakorpi, Kaisa & Poutvaara, Panu, 2009. "Pay for Politicians and Candidate Selection: An Empirical Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers 4235, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Pay for politicians Candidate selection Gender differences in politics;JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
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