TY - BOOK AU - GAETA, Giuseppe Lucio TI - Do influential contacts help in receiving fair treatment from public officials? PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Taylor & Francis KW - public officials fairness KW - public administration fairness KW - influential contacts N2 - Using data provided by the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) module Role of Government IV, we empirically investigate the micro-foundations of citizens' perceptions of public officials' fairness. Our results support the idea that (perceived) fairness of public officials is associated with a number of citizens' characteristics. In greater detail, we find evidence that receiving fair treatment from public officials is positively and significantly correlated to having connections with influential people UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2013.815303 ER -