Pay for politicians and candidate selection: An empirical analysis

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 877-885

  Kotakorpi, Kaisa ^a,b   Poutvaara, Panu ^b,c,d,e  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Candidate selection; Gender differences in politics; Pay for politicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955016665     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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