Educated politicians and government efficiency: Evidence from Norwegian local government
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Keywords
Efficiency; Descriptive representation; Politicians’ education level; Local government;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
- H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H44 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Goods: Mixed Markets
- H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
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