Moonlighting politicians

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 688-699

  Gagliarducci, Stefano ^a   Nannicini, Tommaso ^b   Naticchioni, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Adverse selection; Outside income; Politicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955270293     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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