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标题：Political Selection and the Quality of Government: Evidence from South India
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作者：Timothy Besley ; Rohini Pande ; Vijayendra Rao 等
期刊名称：Distributional Analysis Publications
印刷版ISSN：1352-2469
出版年度：2005
卷号：2005
出版社：Suntory Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines
摘要：This paper uses household data from India to examine the economic and socialstatus of village politicians, and how individual and village characteristics a.ectpolitician behavior while in o.ce. Education increases the chances of selectionto public o.ce and reduces the o dds that a politician uses political poweropportunistically. In contrast, land ownership and p olitical connections enableselection but do not a.ect politician opportunism. At the village level, changesin the identity of the politically dominant group alters the group allocation ofresources but not politician opportunism. Improved information .ows in thevillage, however, reduce opportunism and improve resource allocation