• norsk
    • English
  • norsk 
    • norsk
    • English
  • Logg inn
Vis innførsel 
  •   Hjem
  • Handelshøyskolen BI
  • Student papers
  • Master of Science
  • Vis innførsel
  •   Hjem
  • Handelshøyskolen BI
  • Student papers
  • Master of Science
  • Vis innførsel
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Selection into Politics : The Significance of Local Government Revenue

Petterson, Ingar Benno; Vøllo, Reidar
Master thesis
Thumbnail
Åpne
2005275.pdf (3.029Mb)
Preliminary - Ingar og Reidar.pdf (1.893Mb)
Permanent lenke
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2580090
Utgivelsesdato
2018
Metadata
Vis full innførsel
Samlinger
  • Master of Science [1823]
Sammendrag
This master thesis investigates selection effects in Norwegian local governments

and explores the effect of increased revenue in local governments on the quality of

politicians. Quality is measured by educational level, and we rely on commercial

property tax per capita as an exogenous source of local government income. Great

data on individual candidates and on aggregated municipal level let us exploit both

the cross-sectional and the time-varying components of the datasets. A simple

descriptive analysis is done on selection effects, while a more quantitatively

analysis is conducted to find the relationship between revenue in local governments

and the quality of politicians. To estimate the relationship, we employ a standard

OLS analysis in addition to a fixed effects framework. First, we find that middleaged

men with higher education are positively selected into local governments.

Second, our empirical models suggest that there is no significant relationship

between increased revenue in local governments and the quality of politicians. The

sensitivity analysis implies that selection effects does not differ between non-power

and power municipalities. Last, an analysis with an alternative measure of quality

is done. The result suggests that there is no relationship between increased revenue

in local governments and income, cleaned for gender and age effects.
Beskrivelse
Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Economics - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2018
Utgiver
Handelshøyskolen BI

Kontakt oss | Gi tilbakemelding

Personvernerklæring
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Levert av  Unit
 

 

Bla i

Hele arkivetDelarkiv og samlingerUtgivelsesdatoForfattereTitlerEmneordDokumenttyperTidsskrifterDenne samlingenUtgivelsesdatoForfattereTitlerEmneordDokumenttyperTidsskrifter

Min side

Logg inn

Statistikk

Besøksstatistikk

Kontakt oss | Gi tilbakemelding

Personvernerklæring
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Levert av  Unit