MPs for Sale? Returns to Office in Postwar British Politics

Many recent studies show that firms profit from connections to influential politicians, but less is known about how much politicians financially benefit from wielding political influence. We estimate the returns to serving in Parliament, using original data on the estates of recently deceased Britis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hainmueller, Jens, Eggers, Andrew C.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Cambridge University Press 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59819