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Old and Young Politicians
NBER Working Paper No. w20977
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Posted: 02 Mar 2015
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Date Written: April 7, 2018
Abstract
We consider the role of a politician's age in Italian municipal governments. When the term limit is not binding, younger mayors engage more often in political budget cycles than older mayors. Thus younger politicians behave more strategically in response to electoral incentives, probably because they expect to have a longer political career and stronger career concerns. We discuss and rule out several alternative interpretations.
Keywords: politicians, age, political budget cycles
JEL Classification: D78, H72, H77, J18
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Alesina, Alberto F. and Cassidy, Traviss and Troiano, Ugo antonio, Old and Young Politicians (April 7, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2564729 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2564729
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