The patronage effect: a theoretical perspective of patronage and political selection
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Keywords
Patronage; political selection; exit strategy; bureaucracy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2017-10-15 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2017-10-15 (Positive Political Economics)
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