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Dynastic Political Rents? Economic Benefits to Relatives of Top Politicians (2017)
Journal Article
Folke, O., Persson, T., & Rickne, J. (2017). Dynastic Political Rents? Economic Benefits to Relatives of Top Politicians. Economic Journal, 127(605), F495-F517. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12494

We exploit close elections in Swedish municipalities to test whether relatives of politicians who become mayors obtain economic benefits. We find no benefits for the siblings of new mayors, but the average earnings of children of newly appointed mayo... Read More about Dynastic Political Rents? Economic Benefits to Relatives of Top Politicians.

Who Becomes A Politician? (2017)
Journal Article
Dal Bó, E., Finan, F., Folke, O., Persson, T., & Rickne, J. (2017). Who Becomes A Politician?. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 132(4), 1877-1914. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjx016

Can a democracy attract competent leaders, while attaining broad representation? Economic models suggest that free-riding incentives and lower opportunity costs give the less competent a comparative advantage at entering political life. Moreover, if... Read More about Who Becomes A Politician?.