The control of politicians in normal times and times of crisis wealth accumulation by US congressmen, 1850 - 1880

"We employ a regression discontinuity design based on close elections to estimate the rents from a seat in the U.S. congress between 1850-1880. Using census data, we compare wealth accumulation among those who won or lost their first race by a small margin. We find evidence of significant re...

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1. Verfasser: Querubín Borrero, Pablo (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Snyder, James M. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. 2011
Schriftenreihe:NBER working paper series 17634
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