Popularity shocks and political selection : the effects of anti-corruption audits on candidates' quality
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Keywords
Political selection; Corruption; Competence; Local election; Political parties; Candidates;JEL classification:
- 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
- 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-ALL-2016-12-11 (All new papers)
- NEP-CDM-2016-12-11 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-DEV-2016-12-11 (Development)
- NEP-POL-2016-12-11 (Positive Political Economics)
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