Political competition and politician quality: evidence from Italian municipalities

We use data from Italian local level governments for the years 1985-2008 to investigate whether political competition affects the quality of politicians, as measured by some ex-ante characteristics such as educational level and type of job held. We handle endogeneity problems through an instrumental...

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Volume:	148
Main Author:	Maria De Paola Vincenzo Scoppa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Boston Springer 01.09.2011 Springer US SPRINGER
published in:	Public choice Vol. 148; no. 3/4; pp. 547 - 559
ORCID:	0000-0002-2774-0258
Data of publication:	20110901
ISSN:	0048-5829 1573-7101
EISSN:	1573-7101
Discipline:	Economics Political Science
Subjects:	Politicians Population education Executive committees Political elections City politics Economic competition Political parties Mayors City councils Educational attainment D78 Political selection Public Finance & Economics J45 Political competition D72 Economics / Management Science Political Science Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Government & Law REGRESSION Politicians Political competition Political selection
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2011 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS