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The political dynamics of bureaucratic turnover: Evidence from Norwegian municipalities

Hageseter, Mikal Andre
Master thesis
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2018
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Abstract
An emerging literature shows that bureaucrats in countries with strong

meritocratic traditions are exceedingly influenced by political factors. Agentprincipal

theories predicts that if bureaucrats have policy preferences they should

optimally self-select to work under councils with aligned preferences. Following

elections, the council composition changes and the bureaucrat and council

relationships become less congruent. Bureaucrats value their employment less and

are more likely to resign or be replaced by the newly elected council. This

hypothesis is tested on the turnover of the top bureaucrat in municipal Norway

using yearly panel data of 414 municipalities in the period 1991-2016. The

models of choice are linear probability models allowing for both fixed effects and

extensive controls. Within the first year after municipal elections there are

significantly higher turnover rates. Using changes of which party elect mayor as

the regressor yield even stronger effects. Additional analyses uncover threshold

effect, and bureaucrats in larger municipalities have much higher risk of

replacement. The general conclusion is that although there is significant evidence

of increased turnover following changes of mayor, there is uncertainty how much

can attributed to policy differences.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Economics - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2018
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