Are politicians really paid like bureaucrats? /

We provide the first empirical analysis of gubernatorial pay. Using US data for 1950-90 we document, contrary to widespread assumptions, substantial variation in the wages of politicians, both across states and over time. Gubernatorial wages respond to changes in state income per capita and taxes, a...

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Main Author: Di Tella, Rafael, 1965-
Other Authors: Fisman, Ray
Format: Book
Language:Spanish
Published: Buenos Aires : Instituto y Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2001
Series:Serie seminarios ; no. 15 / 2001
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