Personal productivity and the likelihood of electoral success of political candidates

Gil S. Epstein

doi:10.1016/S0176-2680(99)00049-X

Personal productivity and the likelihood of electoral success of political candidates

Gil S. Epstein

Department of Economics

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This paper investigates the relationship between productivities of members of a population and the likelihood of success in political contests for elected office. The model reveals that the most and the least efficient individuals in the population have the greatest probabilities of being successful political candidates. This conclusion is robust to incumbency advantage and to extensions of the model to preference for working with like people, the introduction of a bureaucracy, and primaries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-111
Number of pages	17
Journal	European Journal of Political Economy
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0176-2680(99)00049-X
State	Published - Mar 2000

Keywords

Ability of successful politicians
D72
D73
J2
Political contests

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