Political Leaders’ Socioeconomic Background and Fiscal Performance in Germany

This paper investigates whether the socioeconomic status of the head of government helps explain fiscal performance. Applying sociological research that attributes differences in people’s ways of thinking and acting to their relative standing within society, we test whether the social status of Ger...

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Published in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 41-2011)
Main Authors: Hayo, Bernd, Neumeier, Florian
Format: Work
Language:English
Published: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2012
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