Political careers or career politicians?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 597-608

  Mattozzi, Andrea ^a   Merlo, Antonio ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers in politics; Quality of politicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149114728     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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