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Flexible pensions for politicians

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  • Markus Müller

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  • Hans Gersbach & Markus Müller, 2010. "Flexible pensions for politicians," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 145(1), pages 103-124, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:145:y:2010:i:1:p:103-124
    DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9556-2
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    Keywords

    Elections; Flexible pensions; Democracy; Information markets; Triple mechanism; D72; D82;
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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