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Electoral Proximity and the Political Involvement of Bureaucrats: A Natural Experiment in Argentina, 1904
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Abstract In this paper, I use a slightly modified version of the Becker–Stigler model of corrupt behavior to explain bureaucratic political involvement. Since bureaucrats prefer higher rewards and not to support losing candidates, we expect them to become politically involved near elections – when rewards ar... mehr
In this paper, I use a slightly modified version of the Becker–Stigler model of corrupt behavior to explain bureaucratic political involvement. Since bureaucrats prefer higher rewards and not to support losing candidates, we expect them to become politically involved near elections – when rewards are expected to be higher, and information
more abundant. Taking advantage of a natural experiment, I employ differences-in-means and differences-in-differences techniques to estimate
the effect of electoral proximity on the political involvement of justices of the peace in the city of Buenos Aires in 1904. I find a large, positive, and highly local effect of electoral proximity on their political involvement, with no appreciable impact in the months before or after elections. (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Argentinien; politisches System; politische Elite; politische Macht; politischer Einfluss; Korruption; Bürokratie; politische Institution; politischer Akteur; Wahl; Betrug; Wahlkampf; Wahlergebnis; historische Analyse
Klassifikation
Staat, staatliche Organisationsformen
Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Seitenangabe
S. 69-94
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 8 (2016) 1
ISSN
1868-4890
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)