A Few Bad Apples? Criminal Charges, Political Careers, and Policy Outcomes
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politicians; crime; audits; policies; patronage;All these keywords.
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- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2024-11-25 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-POL-2024-11-25 (Positive Political Economics)
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