The Wise, the Politician and the Strongman: National Leaders' Type and Quality of Governance
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national leaders; politicians' quality; leaders' characteristics;All these keywords.
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- H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
- N10 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - General, International, or Comparative
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
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- NEP-LMA-2021-03-29 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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