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040			_aMSU _bEnglish _cMSU _erda
050			_aHB73 JOU
100	1		_aChemin, Matthieu _eauthor
245	1	0	_aWelfare effects of criminal politicians: _ba discontinuity-based approach _cby Matthieu Chemin
264			_aChicago _bUniversity of Chicago Press _c2012
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
440			_aJournal of law and econoic _vVolume 55, number 3
520			_aAbstract This paper uses unique data on the criminal records of Indian bureaucrats to examine the relationship between politicians’ criminality and consumption, crime, and corruption. The identification relies on a regression discontinuity design by which individuals living in districts where a criminal politician was barely elected are compared with individuals living in districts where a criminal politician barely lost. The results show that criminal politicians decrease consumption by vulnerable sections of society: the monthly per capita expenditure of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, or other backward classes decreases by 19 percent. This paper suggests that the effect of criminal politicians on criminality and corruption may explain this result
650			_aCriminal offenses _xPoliticians
650			_aPolitical candidates _xCriminals
650			_aPolitical corruption _xPoliticians
650			_aPolitical influence _xPolitical corruption
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1086/664574
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