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Keywords
Legislative tenure; Legislator seniority; Incumbency; Elections; D70; D72;All these keywords.
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- D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
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