Term Limits and Electoral Accountability
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- Smart, Michael & Sturm, Daniel M., 2013. "Term limits and electoral accountability," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 93-102.
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Keywords
Political Agency; Accountability; Term Limits;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2007-03-31 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-PBE-2007-03-31 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2007-03-31 (Positive Political Economics)
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